Homalopteroides Explained

Homalopteroides is a genus of hillstream loaches native to Southeast Asia.

Species

There are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Homalopteroides avii Z. S. Randall & Page, 2014 ^[2]
• Homalopteroides indochinensis Silas, 1953
• Homalopteroides modestus Vinciguerra, 1890
• Homalopteroides nebulosus Alfred, 1969
• Homalopteroides rupicola Prashad & Mukerji, 1929
• Homalopteroides smithi Hora, 1932
• Homalopteroides stephensoni Hora, 1932
• Homalopteroides tweediei Herre, 1940
• Homalopteroides wassinkii Bleeker, 1853
• Homalopteroides weberi Hora, 1932
• Homalopteroides yuwonoi Kottelat, 1998

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.
2. Randall, Z.S. & Page, L.M. (2014): A New Species of Homalopteroides (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Copeia, 2014 (1): 160–167.