''Parhomaloptera microstoma'' is a species of
balitorid[ or gastromyzontid] loach
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 C ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to the island of Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...
. It is the only member of its genus. It lives in fast-flowing streams and grows to TL.[
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References
Gastromyzontidae
Monotypic fish genera
Endemic fauna of Borneo
Fauna of Brunei
Freshwater fish of Indonesia
Freshwater fish of East Malaysia
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
Fish described in 1899
Freshwater fish of Borneo
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