Biology:Homalopteroides smithi

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Homalopteroides smithi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Homalopteroides
Species:
H. smithi
Binomial name
Homalopteroides smithi
(Hora, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Homaloptera smithi Hora, 1932
  • Homaloptera lineata Smith, 1945

Homalopteroides smithi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Homalopteroides.[1] It can be found in the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins and Malay Peninsula.[2]

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Hugh M. Smith (1865-1941), then at the Siam Department of Fisheries, in what is now Thailand.[3]

Other common names include the Green Gecko Loach or Shi's Flatfin Loach (a direct translation of the fish's chinese name '史氏平鰭鰍').


References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  2. "Homalopteroides smithi summary page" (in en). https://www.fishbase.us/summary/Homalopteroides-smithi.html. 
  3. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes4/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2596315 entry