Balitora Explained

Balitora is a genus of ray-finned fishes in the family Balitoridae endemic to Asia.^[1]

Species

There are currently 20 recognized species in this genus:

• Balitora anlongensis Luo, Chen, Zhao, Yu, Lan & Zhou, 2023
• Balitora annamitica Kottelat, 1988
• Balitora brucei Gray, 1830 (Gray's stone loach)
• Balitora burmanica Hora, 1932 (Burmese stone loach)
• Balitora chipkali Kumar, Katwate, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016
• Balitora chipkali Kumar, Katwate, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016
• Balitora eddsi Conway & Mayden, 2010
• Balitora elongata Chen & Li, 1985
• Balitora haithanhi V. H. Nguyễn, 2006
• Balitora jalpalli Raghavan, Tharian, Ali, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2013
• Balitora kwangsiensis (P.-W. Fang, 1930)
• Balitora lancangjiangensis (Zheng, 1980)
• Balitora laticauda Bhoite, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2012
• Balitora longibarbata (Y.-R. Chen, 1982)
• Balitora ludongensis Liu & Chen, 2012 (Ludong hillstream loach)
• Balitora meridionalis Kottelat, 1988
• Balitora mysorensis Hora, 1941 (Slender stone loach)
• Balitora nantingensis X.-Y. Chen, Cui & Yang, 2005
• Balitora tchangi Zheng, 1982
• Balitora vanlani V. H. Nguyen, 2006
• Balitora vanlongi V. H. Nguyen, 2006

A further species, Balitora arunachalensis is of uncertain validity.

Notes and References

1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.