| Plesiomyzon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Gastromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Plesiomyzon C. Y. Zheng & Y.-Y. Chen, 1980 |
| Species: | P. baotingensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Plesiomyzon baotingensis C. Y. Zheng & Y.-Y. Chen, 1980 | |
Plesiomyzon is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gastromyzontidae, a group which shares the common name hillstream loaches with the family Balitoridae. The only species in the genus is Plesiomyzon baotingensis, a loach that is endemic to the river systems of Hainan. [1] [2] [3]
