Protomyzon
Protomyzon
Genus of fishes
Protomyzon is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches endemic to Borneo.
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Protomyzon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Gastromyzontidae |
Genus: | Protomyzon Hora, 1932 |
Type species | |
Homaloptera whiteheadi Vaillant 1894 | |
Synonyms | |
Progastromyzon Hora & Jayaram, 1952 |
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There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Yaoshania pachychilus, the so-called panda loach, which was formerly included in Protomyzon.
- 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.
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