Homalopterula

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cobitoidei
Familia: Balitoridae
Genus: Homalopterula
Species: H. amphisquamata – H. gymnogaster – H. heterolepis – H. modiglianii – H. ripleyi – H. vanderbilti

Name

Homalopterula Fowler, 1940

• Type species: Homaloptera ripleyi Fowler, 1940

Etymology: –ula, a diminutive, referring to “comparatively small size” of H. ripleyi, i.e., a small Homaloptera[1].

References

• Fowler, H. W., 1940: Zoological results of the George Vanderbilt Sumatran Expedition, 1936-1939. Part II.--The fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 91 (for 1939): 369–398.

• Randall, Z.S. & Page, L.M. 2015. On the paraphyly of Homaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) and description of a new genus of hillstream loaches from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa 3926(1): 57–86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3926.1.2. Reference page.