Paraprotomyzon
Appearance
Paraprotomyzon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Gastromyzontidae |
Genus: | Paraprotomyzon Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1935 |
Type species | |
Paraprotomyzon multifasciatus Pellegrin & Fang, 1935
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Paraprotomyzon is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches endemic to China.
Species
[edit]There are currently five known species in this genus:[1][2]
- Paraprotomyzon bamaensis W. Q. Tang, 1997
- Paraprotomyzon lungkowensis C. X. Xie, G. R. Yang & L. X. Gong, 1984
- Paraprotomyzon multifasciatus Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1935
- Paraprotomyzon niulanjiangensis Y. F. Lu, Zong-Min Lu & W. N. Mao, 2005
- Paraprotomyzon yunnanensis (W. X. Li, Zong-Min Lu & W. N. Mao, 1988)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paraprotomyzon". FishBase. March 2024 version.