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Family: Balitoridae River loaches



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Balitora annamitica Asia 12 TL 1988
Balitora brucei Gray's stone loach Asia 10.5 SL 1830
Balitora burmanica Burmese stone loach Asia 10 TL 1932
Balitora chipkali Asia 5.1 SL 2016
Balitora eddsi Asia 4.6 SL 2010
Balitora elongata Asia 6.2 SL 1985
Balitora haithanhi Asia 2005
Balitora jalpalli Asia 6.2 SL 2013
Balitora kwangsiensis Asia 12 TL 1930
Balitora lancangjiangensis Asia 7.1 SL 1980
Balitora laticauda Asia 8.4 SL 2012
Balitora longibarbata Asia 7.8 SL 1982
Balitora ludongensis Ludong hillstream loach Asia 6.3 SL 2012
Balitora meridionalis Asia 8.2 SL 1988
Balitora mysorensis Slender stone loach Asia 7.3 SL 1941
Balitora nantingensis Asia 7.1 SL 2005
Balitora nigrocorpa Asia 2005
Balitora nujiangensis Asia 1983
Balitora tchangi Asia 4.6 SL 1982
Balitora vanlani Asia 2005
Balitora vanlongi Asia 2005
Balitoropsis ophiolepis Asia 11.1 SL 1853
Balitoropsis zollingeri Asia 10 TL 1853
Bhavania arunachalensis Asia 2007
Bhavania australis Western Ghat loach Asia 9 SL 1849
Cryptotora thamicola Cave angel fish Asia 2.8 SL 1988
Dienbienia namnuaensis Asia 2002
Ghatsa menoni Asia 1995
Ghatsa montana Anamalai loach Asia 7.3 SL 1945
Ghatsa pillaii Asia 7.5 SL 1981
Ghatsa santhamparaiensis Asia 6.1 SL 2002
Ghatsa silasi Asia 2011
Hemimyzon confluens Asia 4.7 SL 2000
Hemimyzon ecdyonuroides Asia 4.2 SL 2002
Hemimyzon formosanus Asia 10 SL 1894
Hemimyzon khonensis Asia 5.1 SL 2000
Hemimyzon macroptera Asia 6.1 SL 1982
Hemimyzon megalopseos Asia 6.1 SL 1985
Hemimyzon nanensis Asia 5.7 SL 1998
Hemimyzon papilio Asia 5.9 SL 1998
Hemimyzon pengi Asia 5.9 SL 1982
Hemimyzon pumilicorpora Asia 5.7 SL 1987
Hemimyzon sheni Asia 5.0 SL 2009
Hemimyzon songamensis Asia 2005
Hemimyzon taitungensis Asia 6.3 SL 1982
Hemimyzon yaotanensis Asia 8.4 SL 1931
Hemimyzon yushanensis Asia 6.7 SL 2022
Homaloptera bilineata Asia 10 NG 1860
Homaloptera confuzona Asia 6.8 SL 2000
Homaloptera ocellata Asia 14.5 TL 1830
Homaloptera ogilviei Asia 5 SL 1967
Homaloptera orthogoniata Asia 13 SL 1902
Homaloptera parclitella Asia 10.0 SL 2005
Homalopteroides avii Asia 5.3 SL 2014
Homalopteroides indochinensis Asia 4 TL 1953
Homalopteroides manipurensis Asia 6.2 SL 1998
Homalopteroides modestus Asia 2.1 SL 1890
Homalopteroides nebulosus Asia 3.6 SL 1969
Homalopteroides rupicola Asia 2.5 SL 1929
Homalopteroides smithi Asia 9.8 TL 1932
Homalopteroides stephensoni Asia 6.5 SL 1932
Homalopteroides tweediei Asia 4 SL 1940
Homalopteroides wassinkii Asia 6.5 TL 1853
Homalopteroides weberi Asia 4.9 SL 1932
Homalopteroides yuwonoi Asia 4.4 SL 1998
Homalopterula amphisquamata Asia 1916
Homalopterula gymnogaster Asia 7.5 TL 1853
Homalopterula heterolepis Asia 8 TL 1916
Homalopterula modiglianii Asia 1893
Homalopterula ripleyi Asia 5.1 TL 1940
Homalopterula vanderbilti Asia 10.5 TL 1940
Jinshaia abbreviata Asia 1892
Jinshaia niulanjiangensis Asia 6.2 OT 1998
Jinshaia sinensis Asia 15.4 TL 1874
Lepturichthys dolichopterus Asia 1985
Lepturichthys fimbriatus Asia 16.1 SL 1888
Metahomaloptera longicauda Asia 4.4 SL 2007
Metahomaloptera omeiensis Asia 6 SL 1944
Neohomaloptera johorensis Asia 2 SL 1944
Pseudohomaloptera batek Asia 9.9 SL 2009
Pseudohomaloptera leonardi Asia 6.5 SL 1941
Pseudohomaloptera sexmaculata Asia 1934
Pseudohomaloptera tatereganii Asia 8.5 TL 1905
Pseudohomaloptera vulgaris Asia 5.0 SL 1988
Pseudohomaloptera yunnanensis Asia 5.8 SL 1978
Sinogastromyzon chapaensis Asia 1978
Sinogastromyzon daduheensis Asia 6.3 SL 2013
Sinogastromyzon daon Asia 2005
Sinogastromyzon dezeensis Asia 5.4 OT 1999
Sinogastromyzon hagiangensis Asia 2005
Sinogastromyzon hexaocellum Asia 2005
Sinogastromyzon hsiashiensis Asia 6.3 SL 1931
Sinogastromyzon hypercorpus Asia 2005
Sinogastromyzon lixianjiangensis Asia 5.0 SL 2010
Sinogastromyzon macrostoma Asia 5.8 SL 2010
Sinogastromyzon maon Asia 2005
Sinogastromyzon minutus Asia 1978
Sinogastromyzon multiocellum Asia 2005
Sinogastromyzon namnaensis Asia 2005
Sinogastromyzon nanpanjiangensis Asia 5.5 SL 1987
Sinogastromyzon nantaiensis Asia 4.5 SL 2002
Sinogastromyzon puliensis Asia 10 TL 1974
Sinogastromyzon rugocauda Asia 1978
Sinogastromyzon sichangensis Asia 7.4 SL 1944
Sinogastromyzon szechuanensis Asia 9.8 SL 1930
Sinogastromyzon tonkinensis Asia 3.8 SL 1935
Sinogastromyzon wui Asia 14 TL 1930
Travancoria elongata Asia 11.4 TL 1994
Travancoria jonesi Travancore loach Asia 8.4 SL 1941



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