Canthophrys
Genus of fishes
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Canthophrys is a genus of freshwater fish in the loach family, Cobitidae. It contains the sole species Canthophrys gongota, the gongota loach, which is found in South Asia.
| Canthophrys | |
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| Gongota loach | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Canthophrys Swainson, 1838 |
| Species: | C. gongota |
| Binomial name | |
| Canthophrys gongota (F. Hamilton, 1822) | |
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