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Genus of fishes
Balitoropsis also known as the lizard loaches is a
genus of
hillstream loaches native to eastern
Asia.
There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:
[2]
Species which were once classified in this genus,
[3] but are now classified in other genera
[4] include:
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^ Smith, Hugh M. (1945).
"Balitoropsis, new genus". The Fresh-water Fishes of Siam, or Thailand. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. Vol. 188. pp. 278–280.
doi:
10.5479/si.03629236.188.1.
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^ Randall, Z.S. & Riggs, P.A. (2015).
"Revision of the hillstream lizard loaches, genus Balitoropsis (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3962 (1): 206–225.
doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.13.
PMID
26249387.
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^ Kottelat, Maurice (2012). "Balitoropsis Smith, 1945".
Conspectus Cobitidum: An Inventory of the Loaches of the World (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology: Supplement. Vol. 26. Singapore: Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore. pp. 45–47.
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^ Randall, Zachary S.; Page, Lawrence M. (2015).
"On the paraphyly of Homaloptera (Teleostei: Balitoridae) and description of a new genus of hillstream loaches from the Western Ghats of India". Zootaxa. 3926 (1): 57–86.
doi:
10.11646/zootaxa.3926.1.2.
PMID
25781768.