Acantopsis
| Acantopsis | |
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| A. dialuzona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Acantopsis van Hasselt, 1823 |
| Type species | |
| Acantopsis dialuzona van Hasselt, 1823
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Acantopsis is a genus of freshwater fishes, commonly known as horseface loaches or banana-root fishes, in the family Cobitidae.[1] Fishes of the genus Acantopsis inhabit sandy riverbeds throughout Southeast Asia. The common horseface loach, , is popular in the aquarium trade.
Species[]
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Acantopsis dialuzona van Hasselt, 1823 (Piglet horseface loach)
- Acantopsis spectabilis (Blyth, 1860) (Spectacular horseface loach)
- Acantopsis octoactinotos , 1991 (Dwarf horseface loach)
- , 1999 (Blackspotted horseface loach)
- , & , 2017,[1] (Piebald horseface loach, common horseface loach)
- & , 2017[1] (Peppered horseface loach)
- & , 2017[1] (Slender horseface loach)
References[]
- ^ a b c d Boyd, D. A., Nithirojpakdee, P., Deein, G., Vidthayanon, C., Grudpan, C., Tangjitjaroen, W., Pfeiffer, J. M., Randall, Z. S., Srisombat, T. & Page, L. M. (2017). Revision of the horseface loaches (Cobitidae, Acantopsis), with descriptions of three new species from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 4341(2), 151-192.
- ^ Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & R. van der Laan (eds) 2018. CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 28 Sep 2018.
Categories:
- Cobitidae
- Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt
- Cobitidae stubs