Balitoropsis

Balitoropsis also known as the lizard loaches is a genus of hillstream loaches native to eastern Asia.

Balitoropsis
Balitoropsis zollingeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Balitoropsis
H. M. Smith, 1945[1]
Type species
Balitoropsis bartschi
H. M. Smith 1945

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Species which were once classified in this genus,[3] but are now classified in other genera[4] include:

References

  1. Smith, Hugh M. (1945). "Balitoropsis, new genus". The Fresh-water Fishes of Siam, or Thailand. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Vol. 188. pp. 278–280. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.188.1.
  2. Randall, Z.S. & Riggs, P.A. (2015). "Revision of the hillstream lizard loaches, genus Balitoropsis (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3962 (1): 206–225. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.13. PMID 26249387.
  3. Kottelat, Maurice (2012). "Balitoropsis Smith, 1945". Conspectus Cobitidum: An Inventory of the Loaches of the World (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: Supplement. Vol. 26. Singapore: Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. pp. 45–47.
  4. Randall, Zachary S.; Page, Lawrence M. (2015). "On the paraphyly of Homaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) and description of a new genus of hillstream loaches from the Western Ghats of India". Zootaxa. 3926 (1): 57–86. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3926.1.2. PMID 25781768.

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