Afronemacheilus Explained

Afronemacheilus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish of belonging to the family, Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. The fishes in this genus are endemic to Ethiopia.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

• Afronemacheilus abyssinicus (Boulenger, 1902)
• Afronemacheilus kaffa Prokofiev & Golubtsov, 2013^[1]

Notes and References

1. Prokofiev, A.M. & Golubtsov, A.S. (2013): Revision of the loach genus Afronemacheilus (Teleostei: Balitoridae: Nemacheilinae) with description of a new species from the Omo-Turkana basin, Ethiopia. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (1): 1-14.