Lepturichthys

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

Lepturichthys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Lepturichthys
Regan, 1911
Type species
Homaloptera fimbriata
Günther, 1888

Species

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

  • Lepturichthys dolichopterus D. Y. Dai, 1985
  • Lepturichthys fimbriata (Günther, 1888)

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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