Engkaria

Engkaria
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Gastromyzontidae
Genus:	Engkaria H. H. Tan, 2021 [2]
Species:	E. eubranchus
Binomial name
Engkaria eubranchus (T. R. Roberts, 1991)
Synonyms [3]
Hypergastromyzon eubranchusT. R. Roberts, 1991

Engkaria is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gastromyzontidae, commonly called the hillstream loaches, although this also refers to the loaches in the family Balitoridae. The only species in the genus is Engkaria eubranchus, a species formerly classified in the genus Hypergastromyzon , which is endemic to the Lupar River basin in southern Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo.

References

1. Lumbantobing, D. (2019). "Hypergastromyzon eubranchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T91172808A91172831. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91172808A91172831.en . Retrieved 29 November 2024.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gastromyzontidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 November 2024.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Engkaria". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 November 2024.