WoRMS taxon details

Balitoridae Swainson, 1839

154177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154177)

accepted
Family
Homalopteridae · unaccepted (synonym)

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  1. Genus Annamia Hora, 1932
  2. Genus Balitora Gray, 1830
  3. Genus Balitoropsis Smith, 1945
  4. Genus Beaufortia Hora, 1932
  5. Genus Bhavania Hora, 1920
  6. Genus Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878
  7. Genus Cryptotora Kottelat, 1998
  8. Genus Dienbienia Nguyen & Nguyen, 2002
  9. Genus Erromyzon Kottelat, 2004
  10. Genus Formosania Oshima, 1919
  11. Genus Gastromyzon Günther, 1874
  12. Genus Ghatsa Randall & Page, 2015
  13. Genus Glaniopsis Boulenger, 1899
  14. Genus Hemimyzon Regan, 1911
  15. Genus Homaloptera van Hasselt, 1823
  16. Genus Homalopteroides Fowler, 1905
  17. Genus Homalopterula Fowler, 1940
  18. Genus Homalosoma Boulenger, 1901
  19. Genus Hypergastromyzon Roberts, 1989
  20. Genus Jinshaia Kottelat & Chu, 1988
  21. Genus Katibasia Kottelat, 2004
  22. Genus Lepturichthys Regan, 1911
  23. Genus Liniparhomaloptera Fang, 1935
  24. Genus Metahomaloptera Chang, 1944
  25. Genus Neogastromyzon Popta, 1905
  26. Genus Neohomaloptera Herre, 1944
  27. Genus Paraprotomyzon Pellegrin & Fang, 1935
  28. Genus Parasewellia Duc & Nguyen, 2005
  29. Genus Parhomaloptera Vaillant, 1902
  30. Genus Plesiomyzon Zheng & Chen, 1980
  31. Genus Protomyzon Hora, 1932
  32. Genus Pseudogastromyzon Nichols, 1925
  33. Genus Pseudohomaloptera Silas, 1953
  34. Genus Sewellia Hora, 1932
  35. Genus Sinogastromyzon Fang, 1930
  36. Genus Sinohomaloptera Fang, 1930
  37. Genus Travancoria Hora, 1941
  38. Genus Vanmanenia Hora, 1932
  39. Genus Yaoshania Yang, Kottelat, Yang & Chen, 2012
  40. Subfamily Balitorinae Swainson, 1839 accepted as Balitoridae Swainson, 1839
  41. Genus Bhawania accepted as Bhavania Hora, 1920 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  42. Genus Chopraia Prashad & Mukerji, 1929 accepted as Homalopteroides Fowler, 1905
  43. Genus Formosiana accepted as Formosania Oshima, 1919 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  44. Genus Helgia Vinciguerra, 1890 accepted as Homaloptera van Hasselt, 1823
  45. Genus Hemimzon accepted as Hemimyzon Regan, 1911 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  46. Genus Linipaxhomaloptera accepted as Liniparhomaloptera Fang, 1935 (misspelling)
  47. Subfamily Nemacheilinae Regan, 1911 accepted as Nemacheilidae Regan, 1911
    1. Genus Micronoemacheilus Rendahl, 1944
    2. Genus Noemacheilus Kuhl & van Hasselt in van Hasselt, 1823 accepted as Nemacheilus Bleeker, 1863 (synonym)
    3. Genus Nun Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1982 accepted as Oxynoemacheilus Banarescu & Nalbant, 1966
    4. Genus Oreias Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Claea Kottelat, 2011 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  48. Genus Neoastromyzon accepted as Neogastromyzon Popta, 1905 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  49. Genus Praeformosania Fang, 1935 accepted as Homalosoma Boulenger, 1901
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Balitoridae Swainson, 1839. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154177 on 2026-07-09
Date
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2005-04-18 08:19:08Z
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2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
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Nomenclature

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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