Lefua
Lefua is a genus of stone loaches native to Eurasia.
| Lefua | |
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| Lefua echigonia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Lefua Herzenstein, 1888 |
| Type species | |
| Octonema pleske Herzenstein, 1888 | |
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Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876) (Eightbarbel loach)
- Lefua echigonia D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1907
- Lefua hoffmanni Herre, 1932
- Lefua nikkonis (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903)
- Lefua pleskei (Herzenstein, 1888)
- Lefua sayu (Herre & S. Y. Lin, 1936)
References
- Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
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