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Homatula

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Ostariophysi
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cobitoidea
Familia: Balitoridae
Subfamilia: Nemacheilinae
Genus: Homatula
Species: H. oligolepis - H. potanini - H. pycnolepis - H. variegatus

Name

Homatula Nichols, 1925: 2 [originally created as subgenus of Barbatula]

Type species: Nemachilus potanini Günther, 1896. Type by original designation (also monotypic).

Discussion

* Synonym of Paracobitis Bleeker, 1863 (see: Zhu, 1989)


References

* Kottelat, M. (1990): Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München: 1-262.
* Nichols, J. T. (1925): Nemacheilus and related loaches in China. American Museum Novitates, 171: 1-7.
* Zhu, S.-Q. (1989): The loaches of the subfamily Nemacheilinae in China (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Jiangsu Science & Technology Publishing House, Nanjing, China: i-x, 1-150. [In Chinese with English summary.]

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