Tag Archive for 'Loach'

The Fergana stone loach (Triplophysa ferganaensis), female, 8.75 cm standard length, Yordon village, Fergana Region, Uzbekistan. Image credit: Sheraliev & Peng, doi: 10.1111/jfb.14764.

New Species of Freshwater Fish Discovered: Fergana Stone Loach

May 11, 2021 by Sergio Prostak

A team of ichthyologists from China’s Southwest University has discovered a new species of the loach genus Triplophysa living in a high-altitude stream...

Top left: photograph of the cave angel fish (Cryptotora thamicola) in dorsal view. Bottom left: μCT of skeleton in lateral view. Right: μCT scan of pelvis in transverse view. Image credit: Zach Randall, Florida Museum of Natural History / Brooke Flammang, New Jersey Institute of Technology.

Study: At Least Eleven Species of Hillstream Loach Fish Have Land-Walking Abilities

Sep 9, 2020 by News Staff

In a study published in the Journal of Morphology, an international team of scientists has pieced together the ancestral relationships that make up the...

Cave loach Barbatula sp. Image credit: Jasminca Behrmann-Godel et al, doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.048.

Meet Cave Loach, Europe’s First Cave Fish

Apr 5, 2017 by News Staff

A team of scientists and cave divers has discovered and described the first European cave fish — a loach of the genus Barbatula. Loaches Barbatula...