Homaloptera Explained

Homaloptera is a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Balitoridae.

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Homaloptera bilineata Blyth, 1860
• Homaloptera confuzona Kottelat, 2000
• Homaloptera ocellata van der Hoeven, 1833
• Homaloptera ogilviei Alfred, 1967
• Homaloptera orthogoniata Vaillant, 1902
• Homaloptera parclitella H. H. Tan & P. K. L. Ng, 2005

Notes and References

1. 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.