Kapuasia

Kapuasia
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Kapuasia Kottelat & Tan, 2024
Species:	K. maculiceps
Binomial name
Kapuasia maculiceps (T. R. Roberts, 1989)
Synonyms [2]
Nemacheilus maculiceps T. R. Roberts, 1989 Schistura maculiceps (T. R. Roberts, 1989)

Kapuasia is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. The species in the genus are:

• Kapuasia falaris, a species which is endemic to South Borneo. ^[3]
• Kapuasia maculiceps, a species which is endemic to West Borneo.

References

1. Daniels, A. (2020). "Schistura maculiceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T91175463A91175514. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T91175463A91175514.en . Retrieved 4 December 2024.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kapuasia maculiceps". FishBase . October 2024 version.
3. Kottelat, M., Tan, H. H., & Hasan, V. (2024). "Kapuasia falaris, a new species of nemacheilid loach from Borneo (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 72: 479–487.