Homalopteroides

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Homalopteroides is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Balitoridae, the loaches in this family are commonly known as hillstream loaches although this name also refers to the loaches in the family Gastromyzontidae. These loaches are found in Southeast Asia.

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Homalopteroides
Homalopteroides tweediei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Homalopteroides
Fowler, 1905[1]
Type species
Homaloptera wassinkii
Synonyms[1]
  • Chopraia Prashad & Mukerji, 1929
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Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[2]

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