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

References

Ellopostomatidae Fish of Asia {{Cypriniformes-stub