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| Balitora | |
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| Balitora brucei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Balitoridae |
| Genus: | Balitora Gray, 1830[1] |
| Type species | |
| Balitora brucei Gray, 1830[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Balitora is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Balitoridae endemic to Asia.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Balitora anlongensis Luo, Chen, Zhao, Yu, Lan & Zhou, 2023
- Balitora annamitica Kottelat, 1988
- Balitora brucei Gray, 1830 (Gray's stone loach)
- Balitora burmanica Hora, 1932 (Burmese stone loach)
- Balitora chipkali Kumar, Katwate, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016
- Balitora chipkali Kumar, Katwate, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016
- Balitora eddsi Conway & Mayden, 2010
- Balitora elongata Chen & Li, 1985
- Balitora haithanhi V. H. Nguyễn, 2006
- Balitora jalpalli Raghavan, Tharian, Ali, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2013
- Balitora kwangsiensis (P.-W. Fang, 1930)
- Balitora lancangjiangensis (Zheng, 1980)
- Balitora laticauda Bhoite, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2012
- Balitora longibarbata (Y.-R. Chen, 1982)
- Balitora ludongensis Liu & Chen, 2012 (Ludong hillstream loach)
- Balitora meridionalis Kottelat, 1988
- Balitora mysorensis Hora, 1941 (Slender stone loach)
- Balitora nantingensis X.-Y. Chen, Cui & Yang, 2005
- Balitora tchangi Zheng, 1982
- Balitora vanlani V. H. Nguyen, 2006
- Balitora vanlongi V. H. Nguyen, 2006
A further species, Balitora arunachalensis is of uncertain validity.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Balitoridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Balitora". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 December 2024.