''Homaloptera'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
ray-finned fish
Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...
in the family
Balitoridae
The hillstream loaches or river loaches are a family, the Balitoridae, of small fish from South, Southeast and East Asia. The family includes about 202 species. They are sometimes sold as "lizardfish" or (in Germany) "flossensaugers". Many of the ...
.
Species
There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:
[Randall, Z.S. & Page, L.M. (2015): On the paraphyly of ''Homaloptera'' (Teleostei: Balitoridae) and description of a new genus of hillstream loaches from the Western Ghats of India. ''Zootaxa, 3926 (1): 57–86.'']
* ''
Homaloptera bilineata''
Blyth, 1860
* ''
Homaloptera confuzona''
Kottelat
Maurice Kottelat (born 16 July 1957 in Delémont, Switzerland[C ...](_blank)
, 2000
* ''
Homaloptera ocellata''
van der Hoeven, 1833
* ''
Homaloptera ogilviei''
Alfred
Alfred may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
*''Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series
* ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne
* ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák
*"Alfred (Interlu ...
, 1967
* ''
Homaloptera orthogoniata''
Vaillant, 1902
* ''
Homaloptera parclitella''
H. H. Tan & P. K. L. Ng, 2005
References
Balitoridae
Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt
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