Metahomaloptera

Metahomaloptera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Balitoridae
Genus:Metahomaloptera
H. W. Chang, 1944
Type species
Metahomaloptera omeiensis
Chang, 1944

Metahomaloptera is a small genus of hillstream loaches endemic to China.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Metahomaloptera hangshuiensis C. X. Xie, G. R. Yang & L. X. Gong, 1984
  • Metahomaloptera longicauda Jian Yang, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2007
  • Metahomaloptera omeiensis H. W. Chang, 1944

References

  1. ↑ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.


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