Biology:Homalopterula

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Homalopterula
Homaloptera gymnogaster Bleeker.jpg
Homalopterula gymnogaster
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Homalopterula
Fowler, 1940
Type species
Homalopterula ripleyi
Fowler 1940.

Homalopterula is a genus of hillstream loaches found only in Sumatra in Indonesia.

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. Randall, Z.S. & Page, L.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.

Wikidata ☰ Q16983270 entry