Vaillantella

Vaillantella, the long-fin loaches, is a small genus of loaches found in Southeast Asia. This genus is the only member of the family Vaillantellidae having been confirmed as such by M. Kottelat in his review of the loaches in 2012.^[3]

Vaillantella
Vaillantella euepiptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Superfamily:	Cobitoidei
Family:	Vaillantellidae Nalbant & Bănărescu, 1977[1]
Genus:	Vaillantella Fowler, 1905[2]
Type species
Nemacheilus euepipterus Vaillant, 1902[2]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[4]

• Vaillantella cinnamomea Kottelat, 1994
• Vaillantella euepiptera (Vaillant, 1902)
• Vaillantella maassi M. C. W. Weber & de Beaufort, 1912