Insects • Many aquatic insects living in riffles require current to survive. •
Epeorus sylvicola, a rheophilic
mayfly species (
Ephemeroptera) • Some
African (
Elattoneura) and
Asian threadtail (
Prodasineura) species
Birds •
Dippers (
Cinclus) •
Grey wagtail (
Motacilla cinerea) and
mountain wagtail (
Motacilla clara) • A few swifts often nest behind waterfalls, including
American black swift (
Cypseloides niger),
giant swiftlet (
Hydrochous gigas),
great dusky swift (
Cypseloides senex) and
white-collared swift (
Streptoprocne zonaris) • Some waterfowl, including
African black duck (
Anas sparsa),
blue duck (
Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos),
Brazilian merganser (
Mergus octosetaceus),
bronze-winged duck (
Speculanas specularis),
harlequin duck (
Histrionicus histrionicus),
Salvadori's teal (
Salvadorina waigiuensis) and
torrent duck (
Merganetta armata)
Fish A very large number of rheophilic fish species are known and include members of at least 419
genera in 60
families. Examples include: • 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 (
Zingel streber), family Percidae.
Molluscs •
Ancylus fluviatilis •
Aylacostoma species •
Lymnaea ovata Amphibians •
Neurergus strauchii, a newt from Turkey •
Pachytriton labiatus, a newt from China •
Cryptobranchus alleganensis, the hellbender. ==See also==