Paraprotomyzon

Paraprotomyzon
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus:
Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1935
Type species
Paraprotomyzon multifasciatus
Pellegrin & Fang, 1935

Paraprotomyzon is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches endemic to China.

Species

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paraprotomyzon". FishBase. March 2024 version.