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Ellopostoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Cypriniformes

Ellopostoma httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Family
  
Ellopostomatidae Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2009

Similar
  
Vaillantella, Serpenticobitis, Hemimyzon, Annamia, Nemacheilidae

Ellopostoma mystax enigmatic loach


Ellopostoma is a small genus of loaches native to Southeast Asia. This is the only genus in the family Ellopostomatidae, having been confirmed as being in a family of its own by M. Kottelat in his review of the loaches in 2012.

Contents

Ellopostoma mystax in natural habitat


Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

  • Ellopostoma megalomycter (Vaillant, 1902)
  • Ellopostoma mystax H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 2002 (enigmatic loach)
  • References

    Ellopostoma Wikipedia