Rheophile
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A rheophile prefers to live in fast moving water.
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Examples of rheophilic animals
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Insects
- Many aquatic insects living in riffles require current to survive.[1]
- Epeorus sylvicola, a rheophilic mayfly species (Ephemeroptera).
Birds
- American dipper, Cinclus mexicanus, family Cinclidae.
- Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus
Fish
- Many species in the family Balitoridae, also known as the hill stream loaches.
- Many species in the family Loricariidae.
- The family Gyrinocheilidae.
- Rheophilic cichlid genera/species.
- The Lamena group in the genus Paretroplus from Madagascar.
- Oxylapia polli from Madagascar.
- Steatocranus species from the Congo River Basin in Africa.
- Teleocichla species from the Amazon Basin in South America.
- Teleogramma species from the Congo River Basin in Africa.
- Many Chiloglanis species, which are freshwater catfish from Africa.
- The Danube streber (Zingel streber), family Percidae.
- Leuciscus idus, a freshwater cyprinid
Molluscs
Amphibians
- Neurergus strauchii, a newt from Turkey
- Pachytriton labiatus, a newt from China
See also
Notes
- ↑ Hynes, H.B.N. 1970. Ecology of Running Waters. Originally published in Toronto by University of Toronto Press, 555p.
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