Lefua

Lefua is a genus of stone loaches native to East Asia. Members of this genus possess barbels around their mouths (usually three pairs) and nostrils (usually one pair). They generally have column-shaped bodies and are good swimmers.

Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:
 * Lefua costata (Kessler, 1876) (Eightbarbel loach, Continental eight barbeled loach)
 * Lefua echigonia D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1907 (Japanese eight barbeled loach)
 * Lefua hoffmanni Herre, 1932
 * Lefua nikkonis (D. S. Jordan & Fowler, 1903) (ainu eight barbeled loach)
 * Lefua pleskei (Herzenstein, 1888)
 * Lefua sayu (Herre & S. Y. Lin, 1936)
 * Lefua tokaiensis (Hosoya, Ito & Miyazaki, 2019) (tokai stream eight barbeled loach)
 * Lefua torrentis (Hosoya, Ito & Miyazaki, 2018) (stream eight barbeled loach)