Homalopterula

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

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.