Syncrossus

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Syncrossus
Syncrossus hymenophysa Bleeker.jpg
Syncrossus hymenophysa
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Botiidae
Genus: Syncrossus
Blyth, 1860
Type species
Syncrossus berdmorei
Blyth, 1860

Syncrossus is a genus of six loaches, many of which are popular in the aquarium fish trade. They are primarily found in Southeast Asia, but S. berdmorei also occurs marginally outside this region in far northeastern India. It is one of eight genera in its family.[1]

Species[]

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived February 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 26: 1-199.


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