Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae Spined loaches

Genus: Lepidocephalichthys

(See list of species below)



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21 species
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Max. Length 3.8 cm SL

 
Lepidocephalichthys alkaia
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No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm TL

 
Lepidocephalichthys annandalei
[Annandale loach]

Photo by Bakalial, B.

Asia
Max. Length 9.8 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys arunachalensis (Datta & Barman, 1984)

Photo by Photo by Bakalial, B.
 
Lepidocephalichthys arunachalensis
[]
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Max. Length 4.6 cm TL

 
Lepidocephalichthys barbatuloides
[]

Photo by Ratmuangkhwang, S.

Asia
Max. Length 9.1 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei (Blyth, 1860)

Photo by Photo by Ratmuangkhwang, S.
 
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei
[Burmese loach]

Photo by FAO

Asia
Max. Length 11 cm
Lepidocephalichthys birmanicus (Rendahl, 1948)

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Lepidocephalichthys birmanicus
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No picture found

Max. Length 5.7 cm SL

 
Lepidocephalichthys coromandelensis
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No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm SL

 
Lepidocephalichthys eleios
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No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm SL

 
Lepidocephalichthys furcatus
[]

Photo by Mrinal Kumar Das/S.C. Bordoloi

Asia
Max. Length 7.0 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis Pillai & Yazdani, 1976

Photo by Photo by Mrinal Kumar Das/S.C. Bordoloi
 
Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis
[]

Photo by Rahman, A.K.A.

Asia
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys guntea (Hamilton, 1822)

Photo by Photo by Rahman, A.K.A.
 
Lepidocephalichthys guntea
[Guntea loach]

Photo by Baird, I.G.

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Lepidocephalichthys hasselti (Valenciennes, 1846)

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Lepidocephalichthys hasselti
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 34 cm TL

 
Lepidocephalichthys irrorata
[Loktak loach]

Photo by Ramani Shirantha

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi (Deraniyagala, 1956)

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Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi
[Jonklaas' s loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.4 cm SL

 
Lepidocephalichthys kranos
[]

Photo by Roberts, T.R.

Asia
Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
Lepidocephalichthys lorentzi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)

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Lepidocephalichthys lorentzi
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Max. Length 56 cm TL

 
Lepidocephalichthys manipurensis
[Yu loach]

Photo by Vidthayanon, C.

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm NG
Lepidocephalichthys micropogon (Blyth, 1860)

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Lepidocephalichthys micropogon
[]

Photo by Ramani Shirantha

Asia
Max. Length 38 cm SL
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes, 1846)

Photo by Photo by Ramani Shirantha
 
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis
[Common spiny loach]
No picture found


 
Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm SL

 
Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Lepidocephalichthys alkaia Lepidocephalichthys al 3.8 SL 2010
Lepidocephalichthys annandalei Annandale loach Asia 9 TL 1912
Lepidocephalichthys arunachalensis Asia 9.8 TL 1984
Lepidocephalichthys barbatuloides Asia 4.6 TL 1851
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei Burmese loach Asia 9.1 TL 1860
Lepidocephalichthys birmanicus Asia 11 1948
Lepidocephalichthys coromandelensis Asia 5.7 SL 1992
Lepidocephalichthys eleios Asia 2.3 SL 2017
Lepidocephalichthys furcatus Asia 5 SL 1933
Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis Asia 7.0 TL 1976
Lepidocephalichthys guntea Guntea loach Asia 15 TL 1822
Lepidocephalichthys hasselti Asia 6 SL 1846
Lepidocephalichthys irrorata Loktak loach Asia 34 TL 1921
Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi Jonklaas' s loach Asia 6 TL 1956
Lepidocephalichthys kranos Lepidocephalichthys kr 4.4 SL 2010
Lepidocephalichthys lorentzi Asia 3.3 SL 1916
Lepidocephalichthys manipurensis Yu loach Asia 56 TL 2000
Lepidocephalichthys micropogon Asia 6 NG 1860
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis Common spiny loach Asia 38 SL 1846
Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum Asia. 1992
Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini Asia 2.6 SL 2010



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