Vanmanenia

Vanmanenia
	Vanmanenia pingchowensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Gastromyzontidae
Genus:	Vanmanenia; Hora, 1932
Type species
	Homalosoma stenosoma; Boulenger, 1901
Synonyms
	Homalosoma Boulenger, 1901; Praeformosania P. W. Fang, 1935;

Vanmanenia is a genus of loaches from China and mainland Southeast Asia.

Species

There are currently 17 species recognized in this genus:^[1]

Vanmanenia caldwelli Nichols, 1925
Vanmanenia caobangensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
Vanmanenia crassicauda Kottelat, 2000
Vanmanenia gymnetrus Yi-Yu Chen, 1980
Vanmanenia hainanensis Yi-Yu Chen & C. Y. Zheng, 1980
Vanmanenia homalocephala C. G. Zhang & Y. H. Zhao, 2000
Vanmanenia lineata P. W. Fang, 1935
Vanmanenia maculata W. J. Yi, E. Zhang & J. Z. Shen, 2014 ^[2]
Vanmanenia multiloba Đ. Y. Mai, 1978 (the validity and placement of this species in this genus is uncertain)
Vanmanenia nahangensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2005 (the validity and placement of this species in this genus is uncertain)
Vanmanenia pingchowensis P. W. Fang, 1935
Vanmanenia serrilineata Kottelat, 2000
Vanmanenia stenosoma Boulenger, 1901
Vanmanenia striata Yi-Yu Chen, 1980
Vanmanenia tetraloba Đ. Y. Mai, 1978 (the validity and placement of this species in this genus is uncertain)
Vanmanenia ventrosquamata Đ. Y. Mai, 1978 (the validity and placement of this species in this genus is uncertain)
Vanmanenia xinyiensis C. Y. Zheng & Yi-Yu Chen, 1980

Questionable species

There are three species of questionable validity that FishBase recognizes but that Kottelat and the California Academy of Sciences' Catalog of Fishes (following Kottelat) consider probable junior synonyms:

Vanmanenia microlepis V. H. Nguyễn, 2005 (jr. synonym of Vanmanenia crassicauda)
Vanmanenia monofasciodorsala V. H. Nguyễn, 2005 (jr. synonym of Vanmanenia serrilineata)
Vanmanenia trifasciodorsalata V. H. Nguyễn, 2005 (jr. synonym of Vanmanenia serrilineata)

References

^ 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.
^ Yi, W.-J., Zhang, E & Shen, J.-Z. (2014): Vanmanenia maculata, a new species of hillstream loach from the Chang-Jiang Basin, South China (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae). Zootaxa, 3802 (1): 85–97.

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[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.

[Yi2014-2] Yi, W.-J., Zhang, E & Shen, J.-Z. (2014): Vanmanenia maculata, a new species of hillstream loach from the Chang-Jiang Basin, South China (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae). Zootaxa, 3802 (1): 85–97.

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