Liniparhomaloptera

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Liniparhomaloptera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Liniparhomaloptera
P. W. Fang, 1935
Type species
Parhomaloptera disparis
Lin, 1934

Liniparhomaloptera is a genus of fish in the family Gastromyzontidae found in China and Vietnam. [1]

Species

There are currently 5 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  2. Wu, T., Xiu, L. & Yang, J. (2016): Liniparhomaloptera macrostoma, a new hillstream loach from Hunan Province, China (Teleostei: Gastromyzontidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (3): 275-282.