''Acantopsis'' is a genus of freshwater fishes, commonly known as horseface
loaches
Loaches are fish of the superfamily Cobitoidea. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the 1249 known species of ...
or banana-root fishes, in the family
Cobitidae
Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most "loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includ ...
.
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Revision of the horseface loaches (Cobitidae, Acantopsis), with descriptions of three new species from Southeast Asia.
Zootaxa, 4341(2), 151-192. Fishes of the genus ''Acantopsis'' inhabit sandy riverbeds throughout
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...
. The common horseface loach, ''
A. rungthipae'', is popular in the aquarium trade.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
[Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & R. van der Laan (eds) 2018. CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 28 Sep 2018.]
* ''
Acantopsis dialuzona''
van Hasselt, 1823 (Piglet horseface loach)
* ''
Acantopsis spectabilis''
( Blyth, 1860) (Spectacular horseface loach)
* ''
Acantopsis octoactinotos''
Siebert, 1991 (Dwarf horseface loach)
* ''
Acantopsis thiemmedhi''
Sontirat, 1999 (Blackspotted horseface loach)
* ''
Acantopsis rungthipae''
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, Nithirojpakdee & Page
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[ (Piebald horseface loach, common horseface loach)
* '' Acantopsis dinema'' ]Boyd Boyd may refer to:
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& Page
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, 2017[ (Peppered horseface loach)
* '' Acantopsis ioa'' ]Boyd Boyd may refer to:
Places Canada
* Boyd Conservation Area, a conservation area located northwest of Toronto, Ontario
* Boyd Lake (disambiguation)
United States
* Boyd County (disambiguation)
* Boyd, Indiana
* Boyd, Iowa
* Boyd, Kansas
* B ...
& Page
Page most commonly refers to:
* Page (paper), one side of a leaf of paper, as in a book
Page, PAGE, pages, or paging may also refer to:
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* Page (assistance occupation), a professional occupation
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, 2017[ (Slender horseface loach)
]
References
Cobitidae
Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt
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