Lefua Explained

Lefua is a genus of stone loaches native to East Asia. Members of this genus possess barbels around their mouths (usually three pairs) and nostrils (usually one pair). They generally have column-shaped bodies and are good swimmers.

Species

There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:^{[1] [2] [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 tokaiensis (Hosoya, Ito & Miyazaki, 2019) (tokai stream eight barbeled loach)
• Lefua torrentis (Hosoya, Ito & Miyazaki, 2018) (stream eight barbeled loach)

Notes and References

1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
2. Book: Nakajima, J. . 2017 . LOACHES OF JAPAN (Natural History and Culture) . Yama-kei Publishers Co., Ltd. . 3rd. 174–175.
3. Book: Hosoya, K. . 2019 . Freshwater fish of Japan . Yama-kei Publishers Co., Ltd. . 210–212.