Beaufortia (fish)

Beaufortia
Beaufortia kweichowensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Gastromyzontidae
Genus:Beaufortia
Hora, 1932
Type species
Gastromyzon leveretti
Nichols & Pope, 1927
Species

14, see text

Beaufortia is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches from China and mainland Southeast Asia.

Species

There are currently 16 species recognized in this genus though the generic placement of some and validity of others are questionable:[1]

References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived February 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.


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