''Ellopostoma'' is a small genus of

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 ...

native to

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. This is the only genus in the family Ellopostomatidae, having been confirmed as being in a family of its own by M. Kottelat in his review of the loaches in 2012.Kottelat, M. (2012)
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.''

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Ellopostoma megalomycter'' ( Vaillant, 1902) * ''

Ellopostoma mystax ''Ellopostoma mystax'', the enigmatic loach, is a small, endangered species of freshwater fish originally placed in the family Balitoridae, but now generally in Ellopostomatidae. ''E. mystax'' is only found in Thailand in the basins of the Tapi ...

'' H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 2002 (enigmatic loach)

References

Ellopostomatidae Fish of Asia {{Cypriniformes-stub