Homaloptera confuzona

Homaloptera confuzona
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Homaloptera
Species: H. confuzona
Binomial name
Homaloptera confuzona
Kottelat, 2000 [2]

Homaloptera confuzona is a species of hillstream loach in the genus Homaloptera found in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.[3] It lives in the lower Mekong drainage and coastal streams of Cambodia and southeastern Thailand.[1] The maximum size is about 40 cm (16 in) SL.[2]

Homaloptera confuzona is eaten locally. It occasionally occurs in the aquarium fish trade.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kottelat, M. (2012). "Homaloptera confuzona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Kottelat, M. (2000). "Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae)". Journal of South Asian Natural History, 5: 37–82.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Homaloptera confuzona" in FishBase. February 2015 version.