Glaniopsis

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Glaniopsis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Glaniopsis
Boulenger, 1899 [1]
Type species
Glaniopsis hanitschi
Boulenger, 1899 [1]

Glaniopsis is a small genus of loaches endemic to the island of Borneo.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 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.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived February 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Glaniopsis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 November 2024.