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Beaufortia (fish)

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Genus of fishes

Beaufortia
Beaufortia kweichowensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Beaufortia
Hora, 1932
Type species
Gastromyzon leveretti
Nichols & Pope, 1927
Species

14, see text

Beaufortia is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches from China and mainland Southeast Asia.

Species

There are currently 14 species recognized in this genus though the generic placement of some and validity of others are questionable:

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Gastromyzontidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Beaufortia". FishBase. March 2024 version.
  3. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived February 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
Taxon identifiers
Beaufortia


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