Rheophile
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A rheophile is an organism that prefers to live in fast moving water.
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[edit] Examples of rheophilic animals
[edit] Insecta
- Epeorus sylvicola, a rheophilic mayfly species (Ephemeroptera).
[edit] Birds
- American Dipper, Cinclus mexicanus, family Cinclidae.
[edit] Fish
- The fish family Balitoridae, also known as the hill stream loaches.
- The fish family Loricariidae.
- The fish family Gyrinocheilidae.
- Rheophilic cichlid genera/species.
- Oxylapia polli a Madagascan cichlid.
- Paretroplus nourissati a Madagascan cichlid.
- Steatocranus species, freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae.
- Teleocichla species, freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae.
- Teleogramma species, freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae.
- Chiloglanis neumanni a freshwater catfish from Lake Malawi.
- The Danube streber Zingel streber, family Percidae.
- Leuciscus idus, a freshwater cyprinid
[edit] Mollusca
- Ancylus fluviatilis
- Lymnaea ovata
- Bithynia tentaculata
[edit] Caudata, Class Amphibia
- Neurergus strauchii, a newt from Turkey
- Pachytriton labiatus, a newt from China