• Source: Balitoridae

      • Balitoridae, the hillstream loaches or river loaches, is a family, of small fish from South, Southeast and East Asia. The family includes about 202 species. They are sometimes sold as "lizardfish" or (in Germany) "flossensaugers". Many of the species are popular for aquaria, species in the genus Sewellia are most commonly sold in the aquaria trade. They have a number of similarities with the Cobitidae, their sibling family of "loaches", such as multiple barbels around the mouth. They should not be confused with the loricariids, which look similar but are a family of catfish.
      Most species are rheophilic, living in swift, clear and well-oxygenated streams. Several species of the family live in fast-flowing streams or torrents and have modified ventral fins used for clinging to rocks.
      The subfamily Nemacheilinae has recently been separated as a distinct family, Nemacheilidae (stone loaches) and several genera have been separated into the family Gastromyzontidae.


      Genera


      Balitoridae contains the following genera:

      Balitora Gray, 1830
      Balitoropsis H. M. Smith, 1945
      Bhavania Hora, 1920
      Cryptotora Kottelat, 1998
      Ghatsa Z. S. Randall & Page, 2015
      Hemimyzon Regan, 1911
      Homaloptera van Hasselt, 1823
      Homalopteroides Fowler, 1905
      Homalopterula Fowler, 1940
      Jinshaia Kottelat & Chu, 1988
      Lepturichthys Regan, 1911
      Metahomaloptera H.-W. Chang, 1944
      Neohomaloptera Herre, 1944
      Pseudohomaloptera Silas, 1953
      Sinogastromyzon P.-W. Fang, 1930
      Travancoria Hora, 1941


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