Nemacheilidae

Troglonectes daqikongensis

Troglonectes daqikongensis

Seven Point Seven Centimeters Loach from Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• East Asia
• Small
• Tropical fish

Troglonectes daqikongensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This species was originally formally described as Oreonectes daqikongensis in 2016 by Huaiqing Deng, Huamei Wen, Ning Xiao and Jiang Zhou with its type locality given as a subterranean river in the Daqikong area of Libo County in Guizhou, China at 25°17'05.1"N, 107°44'54.3"E from an elevation of 488 m (1,601 ft). T. daqikongensis is known only from a single location but this location is protected and the population is stable, so the International Union for Conservation of Nature classify this species as Least Concern.