Lefua

Lefua is a genus of stone loaches native to East Asia.this genus have Barbels at their mouths (usually three pairs) and their nostrils (usually one pair). Some other traits typically found in this family are their bodies are round column, swimming well[1].

Lefua
Lefua echigonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Lefua
Herzenstein, 1888
Type species
Lefua pleskei
Herzenstein, 1888
Synonyms
  • Elxis Jordan & Fowler, 1903
  • Octonema Herzenstein, 1888

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[2] [1] [3]

  • Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876) (Eightbarbel loach)(Continental eight barbeled loach)
  • Lefua echigonia D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1907(Japanese eight barbeled loach)
  • Lefua hoffmanni Herre, 1932
  • Lefua nikkonis (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903)(ainu eight barbeled loach)
  • Lefua pleskei (Herzenstein, 1888)
  • Lefua sayu (Herre & S. Y. Lin, 1936)
  • lefua torrentis (Hosoya,Ito & Miyazaki, 2018)(stream eight barbeled loach)
  • lefua tokaiensis (Hosoya,Ito & Miyazaki, 2019)(tokai stream eight barbeled loach)

References
  1. Nakajima, J. (2017). "LOACHES OF JAPAN (Natural History and Culture)". Yama-kei Publishers co.,Ltd. 1 (1): 174–175.
  2. 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.
  3. Hosoya, K. (2019). "Freshwater fish　of Japan". Yama-kei Publishers co.,Ltd. 15 (1): 210–212.


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