Vanmanenia

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