Gastromyzon

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Gastromyzon
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Gastromyzon fasciatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Gastromyzon
Günther, 1874
Type species
Gastromyzon borneensis
Günther 1874
Species

36, see text.

Gastromyzon is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches native to Borneo.

Species

There are currently 36 species recognized in this genus: [1]

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References

  1. 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.