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Heminoemacheilus

Heminoemacheilus is a genus with 3 species in this atlas, catalogued in the Loaches section, recorded from China. Adult sizes run from 1.5 in to 3 in. Every species below links to a full researched profile.

Species in atlas
3
Adult sizes
1.5–3 in
IUCN assessed
3 of 3
Recorded from
China

About the genus

Heminoemacheilus is a small genus of stone loaches in family Nemacheilidae, endemic to China. The atlas covers all 3 known species — hyalinus, parva, and zhengbaoshani — small, slender-bodied benthic fish in the 1.5–3 in range, built like other nemacheilid loaches for holding position on the bottom of fast-flowing streams rather than swimming in open water.

Data on this genus are sparse. None of the three species has an established common name or any real presence in the aquarium trade, and all three currently sit as Not Evaluated for conservation status — the genus appears to be of essentially scientific and taxonomic interest rather than hobby interest, known mainly from the ichthyological literature describing China's stone-loach diversity rather than from field studies of its ecology or behavior.

IUCN Red List: Not Evaluated · 3

The 3 species

Every Heminoemacheilus recorded in this atlas. Each card links to a full researched profile — distribution, water parameters, and aquarium care, cited to primary sources.

Lan, Yang & Chen, 1996

NE

Zhu & Zhu, 2015

1.5 in SL · NE

Zhu & Cao, 1987

3 in SL · NE

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How to cite

Aquarist Atlas (2026). Genus Heminoemacheilus. Aquarist Atlas. https://www.aquaristatlas.com/heminoemacheilus/

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