Vaillantella
Genus of fishes
Vaillantella | |
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Vaillantella euepiptera | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Vaillantellidae Nalbant & Bănărescu, 1977 |
Genus: | Vaillantella Fowler, 1905 |
Type species | |
Nemacheilus euepipterus Vaillant, 1902 |
Vaillantella, the long-fin loaches, is a small genus of loaches found in Southeast Asia. This genus is the only member of the family Vaillantellidae having been confirmed as such by M. Kottelat in his review of the loaches in 2012.[1]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Vaillantella cinnamomea Kottelat, 1994
- Vaillantella euepiptera (Vaillant, 1902)
- Vaillantella maassi M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912
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