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Nemachilichthys

Mongoose loach
Nemacheilus rueppelli Day.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Nemachilichthys
F. Day, 1878
Species: N. rueppelli
Binomial name
Nemachilichthys rueppelli
(Sykes, 1839)
Synonyms

Cobitis ruppelli Sykes, 1839
Nemachilichthys shimogensis Narayan Rao, 1920


Cobitis ruppelli Sykes, 1839
Nemachilichthys shimogensis Narayan Rao, 1920

Nemachilichthys rueppelli, also known as the mongoose loach is a species of stone loach from rivers in India. It includes N. shimogensis, which frequently is recognized as a valid species from the Thunga River in Karnataka, but (Keskar et al. 2015) treating them as synonyms. This species is the only member of its genus.


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