Troglonectes Explained

Troglonectes is a genus of troglobitic fish in the family Nemacheilidae, native to caves of Asia.^[1] Fishbase and other authorities place these species in the genus Oreonectes.

Species

There are currently 20 species proposed for this genus. None are recognized by FishBase, and only 3 by WoRMS^[2] These include:

• Troglonectes acridorsalis (J. H. Lan, 2013)^[3]
• Troglonectes barbatus (X. Gan, 2013)^[3]
• Troglonectes daqikongensis H. Q. Deng, H. M. Wen, N. Xiao & J. Zhou, 2016^[4]
• Troglonectes elongatus (L. Tang, Y. H. Zhao & C. G. Zhang, 2012)^[5]
• Troglonectes furcocaudalis (S. Q. Zhu & W. X. Cao, 1987)
• Troglonectes hechiensis L.-X. Zhao, J.-H. Liu, L.-N. Du & F.-G. Luo, 2021
• Troglonectes macrolepis (A. M. Huang, L. N. Du, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2009)
• Troglonectes microphthalmus (L. N. Du, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2008)
• Troglonectes retrodorsalis (J. H. Lan, J. X. Yang & Y. R. Chen, 1995)
• Troglonectes shuilongensis H. Q. Deng, N. Xiao, X. F. Hou & J. Zhou, 2016^[6]
• Troglonectes translucens (Z. L. Zhang, Y. H. Zhao & C. G. Zhang, 2006)

Notes and References

1. Book: Zhang, C.-G. . Zhao, Y.-H. . 2016 . Species Diversity and Distribution of Inland Fishes in China . Science Press . 284 . 978-7-03-047210-6 .
2. Bailly, Nicolas. 2018. Troglonectes Zhang, Zhao & Tang, 2016. 1310279. 6 February 2024.
3. Book: Lan, J.-H. . Gan, X. . Wu, T.-J. . Yang, J. . 2013 . Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China . Science Press . 266 . 978-7-03-037658-9 .
4. Deng . Huaiqing . Wen . Huamei . Xiao . Ning . Zhou . Jiang . A new blind species of the cave genus Oreonectes from Guizhou, China (Nemacheilinae) . ZooKeys . 2016 . 637 . 47–59 . 10.3897/zookeys.637.10202 . 28138274 . 5240121 . free . 2016ZooK..637...47D .
5. Tang, L., Zhao, Y. & Zhang, C. (2012): A new blind loach, Oreonectes elongatus sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 93 (4): 483–490.
6. Deng . Huaiqing . Xiao . Ning . Hou . Xuifa . Zhou . Jiang . A new species of the genus Oreonectes (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from Guizhou, China . Zootaxa . 2016 . 4132 . 1 . 143–150 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4132.1.13 . 27395660 .