Homalopteroides smithi explained

Homalopteroides smithi is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Homalopteroides.^[1] It can be found in the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins and Malay Peninsula.^[2]

The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Hugh M. Smith (1865-1941), then at the Siam Department of Fisheries, in what is now Thailand.^[3]

Other common names include the Green Gecko Loach or Shi's Flatfin Loach (a direct translation of the fish's chinese name '史氏平鰭鰍').

Notes and References

1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
2. Web site: Homalopteroides smithi summary page. FishBase. en. 2020-04-24.
3. Web site: Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p) . 7 January 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018 . 21 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211121195035/http://etyfish.org/cypriniformes4/ . dead .