Sinogastromyzon is a genus of hillstream loaches native to eastern Asia.

Sinogastromyzon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Sinogastromyzon
P. W. Fang, 1930
Type species
Sinogastromyzon wui
P. W. Fang, 1930

IUCN has assessed conservation status of 14 Sinogastromyzon species. Of these, ten are considered "Data Deficient", three of "Least Concern", and one (S. puliensis) "Vulnerable".[1]

Species edit

There is some dispute over the species in this genus. This list derives primarily from the work of Kottelat, 2012, with the addition of subsequently described species. There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[2][3][4]

References edit

  1. ^ IUCN (2012). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2". Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  2. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Sinogastromyzon in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  4. ^ a b Yang, J. & Guo, Y.-S. (2013): A new species of the genus Sinogastromyzon Fang from Sichuan Province, China (Cypriniformes, Balitoridae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 38 (4): 895-900.