Rheophile

Examples of rheophilic animals

Insects

• Many aquatic insects living in riffles require current to survive.
• Epeorus sylvicola, a rheophilic mayfly species.

  Birds

• Dippers
• A few swifts often nest behind waterfalls, including American black swift, giant swiftlet, great dusky swift and white-collared swift
• Some waterfowl, including African black duck, blue duck, Brazilian merganser, bronze-winged duck, harlequin duck, Salvadori's teal and torrent duck

  Fish

• Many species in the family Balitoridae, also known as the hill stream loaches.
• Many species in the family Loricariidae from South and Central America
• Many Chiloglanis species, which are freshwater catfish from Africa
• The family Gyrinocheilidae.
• Rheophilic cichlid genera/species:
• *The Lamena group in the genus Paretroplus from Madagascar.
• *Oxylapia polli from Madagascar.
• *Retroculus species from the Amazon Basin and rivers in the Guianas in South America.
• *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.
• Mylesinus, Myleus, Ossubtus, Tometes and Utiaritichthys, which are serrasalmids from tropical South America
• The Danube streber, family Percidae.

  Molluscs

• Ancylus fluviatilis
• Aylacostoma species
• Lymnaea ovata

  Amphibians

• Neurergus strauchii, a newt from Turkey
• Pachytriton labiatus, a newt from China