| Ellopostoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cobitoidei |
| Family: | Ellopostomatidae Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2009 |
| Genus: | Ellopostoma Vaillant, 1902 |
| Type species | |
| Aperioptus megalomycter Vaillant, 1902 | |
Ellopostoma is a small genus of loaches native to Southeast Asia. [1] This is the only genus in the family Ellopostomatidae, having been confirmed as being in a family of its own by M. Kottelat in his review of the loaches in 2012. [2]
