Protomyzon Explained

Protomyzon is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches endemic to Borneo.

Species

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

• Protomyzon aphelocheilus Inger & P. K. Chin, 1962
• Protomyzon borneensis Hora & Jayaram, 1952
• Protomyzon griswoldi (Hora & Jayaram, 1952)
• Protomyzon whiteheadi (Vaillant, 1894)

See also

• Yaoshania pachychilus, the so-called panda loach, which was formerly included in Protomyzon.

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.