Acantopsis

Acantopsis is a genus of freshwater fishes, commonly known as horseface loaches or banana-root fishes, in the family Cobitidae.[1] Fishes of the genus Acantopsis inhabit sandy riverbeds throughout Southeast Asia. The common horseface loach, A. rungthipae, is popular in the aquarium trade.

Acantopsis
A. dialuzona
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Genus: Acantopsis
van Hasselt, 1823
Type species
Acantopsis dialuzona
van Hasselt, 1823
Species

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Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Acantopsis dialuzona van Hasselt, 1823 (Piglet horseface loach)
  • Acantopsis spectabilis (Blyth, 1860) (Spectacular horseface loach)
  • Acantopsis octoactinotos Siebert, 1991 (Dwarf horseface loach)
  • Acantopsis thiemmedhi Sontirat, 1999 (Blackspotted horseface loach)
  • Acantopsis rungthipae Boyd, Nithirojpakdee & Page, 2017,[1] (Piebald horseface loach, common horseface loach)
  • Acantopsis dinema Boyd & Page, 2017[1] (Peppered horseface loach)
  • Acantopsis ioa Boyd & Page, 2017[1] (Slender horseface loach)

References
  1. Boyd, D. A., Nithirojpakdee, P., Deein, G., Vidthayanon, C., Grudpan, C., Tangjitjaroen, W., Pfeiffer, J. M., Randall, Z. S., Srisombat, T. & Page, L. M. (2017). Revision of the horseface loaches (Cobitidae, Acantopsis), with descriptions of three new species from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa, 4341(2), 151-192.
  2. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & R. van der Laan (eds) 2018. CATALOG OF FISHES: GENERA, SPECIES, REFERENCES. (http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Electronic version accessed 28 Sep 2018.


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