Biology:Protomyzon

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Protomyzon
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Protomyzon
Hora, 1932
Type species
Homaloptera whiteheadi
Vaillant 1894
Synonyms

Progastromyzon Hora & Jayaram, 1952

Protomyzon is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches endemic to Borneo.

Species

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

  • Protomyzon aphelocheilus Inger & P. K. Chin, 1962
  • Protomyzon borneensis Hora & Jayaram, 1952
  • Protomyzon griswoldi (Hora & Jayaram, 1952)
  • Protomyzon whiteheadi (Vaillant, 1894)

See also

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 ☰ Q3558414 entry