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Metahomaloptera

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Metahomaloptera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Metahomaloptera
H. W. Chang, 1944
Type species
Metahomaloptera omeiensis
Chang, 1944

Metahomaloptera is a small genus of hillstream loaches endemic to China.

Species

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There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.