Paraprotomyzon

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Paraprotomyzon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Paraprotomyzon
Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1935
Type species
Paraprotomyzon multifasciatus
Pellegrin & Fang, 1935

Paraprotomyzon is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches endemic to China.

Species[edit]

There are currently five known species in this genus:[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Paraprotomyzon in FishBase. March 2024 version.