Biology:Metahomaloptera

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Metahomaloptera
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
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). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

Wikidata ☰ Q10582600 entry