Pseudogastromyzon
Pseudogastromyzon fasciatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Pseudogastromyzon
Nichols, 1925
Type species
Hemimyzon zebroidus = Pseudogastromyzon fasciatus
Nichols, 1925

Pseudogastromyzon is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches from fast-flowing streams and rivers in China.

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1] [2]

  • Pseudogastromyzon cheni (Y. S. Liang, 1942)
  • Pseudogastromyzon fasciatus (Sauvage, 1878)
  • Pseudogastromyzon laticeps (Y. Y. Chen & C. Y. Zheng, 1980)
  • Pseudogastromyzon myersi (Herre, 1932) (Sucker-belly loach)

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. ↑ Chen J, Chen Y, Tang W, Lei H, Yang J, Song X (2023): Resolving phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic revision in the Pseudogastromyzon (Cypriniformes, Gastromyzonidae) genus: molecular and morphological evidence for a new genus, Labigastromyzon. Integrative Zoology 00 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12761


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