WoRMS taxon details
Balitoridae Swainson, 1839
154177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154177)
accepted
Family
Balitorinae Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted
Homalopteridae · unaccepted (synonym)
- Genus Annamia Hora, 1932
- Genus Balitora Gray, 1830
- Genus Balitoropsis Smith, 1945
- Genus Beaufortia Hora, 1932
- Genus Bhavania Hora, 1920
- Genus Crossostoma Sauvage, 1878
- Genus Cryptotora Kottelat, 1998
- Genus Dienbienia Nguyen & Nguyen, 2002
- Genus Erromyzon Kottelat, 2004
- Genus Formosania Oshima, 1919
- Genus Gastromyzon Günther, 1874
- Genus Ghatsa Randall & Page, 2015
- Genus Glaniopsis Boulenger, 1899
- Genus Hemimyzon Regan, 1911
- Genus Homaloptera van Hasselt, 1823
- Genus Homalopteroides Fowler, 1905
- Genus Homalopterula Fowler, 1940
- Genus Homalosoma Boulenger, 1901
- Genus Hypergastromyzon Roberts, 1989
- Genus Jinshaia Kottelat & Chu, 1988
- Genus Katibasia Kottelat, 2004
- Genus Lepturichthys Regan, 1911
- Genus Liniparhomaloptera Fang, 1935
- Genus Metahomaloptera Chang, 1944
- Genus Neogastromyzon Popta, 1905
- Genus Neohomaloptera Herre, 1944
- Genus Paraprotomyzon Pellegrin & Fang, 1935
- Genus Parasewellia Duc & Nguyen, 2005
- Genus Parhomaloptera Vaillant, 1902
- Genus Plesiomyzon Zheng & Chen, 1980
- Genus Protomyzon Hora, 1932
- Genus Pseudogastromyzon Nichols, 1925
- Genus Pseudohomaloptera Silas, 1953
- Genus Sewellia Hora, 1932
- Genus Sinogastromyzon Fang, 1930
- Genus Sinohomaloptera Fang, 1930
- Genus Travancoria Hora, 1941
- Genus Vanmanenia Hora, 1932
- Genus Yaoshania Yang, Kottelat, Yang & Chen, 2012
- Subfamily Balitorinae Swainson, 1839 accepted as Balitoridae Swainson, 1839
- Genus Bhawania accepted as Bhavania Hora, 1920 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Chopraia Prashad & Mukerji, 1929 accepted as Homalopteroides Fowler, 1905
- Genus Formosiana accepted as Formosania Oshima, 1919 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Helgia Vinciguerra, 1890 accepted as Homaloptera van Hasselt, 1823
- Genus Hemimzon accepted as Hemimyzon Regan, 1911 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Linipaxhomaloptera accepted as Liniparhomaloptera Fang, 1935 (misspelling)
- Subfamily Nemacheilinae Regan, 1911 accepted as Nemacheilidae Regan, 1911
- Genus Micronoemacheilus Rendahl, 1944
- Genus Noemacheilus Kuhl & van Hasselt in van Hasselt, 1823 accepted as Nemacheilus Bleeker, 1863 (synonym)
- Genus Nun Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1982 accepted as Oxynoemacheilus Banarescu & Nalbant, 1966
- Genus Oreias Sauvage, 1874 accepted as Claea Kottelat, 2011 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Genus Neoastromyzon accepted as Neogastromyzon Popta, 1905 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- 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
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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
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Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Balitoridae)
To Genbank (from synonym Homalopteridae)
To Genbank (from synonym Balitorinae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank
To ITIS
To Genbank (from synonym Homalopteridae)
To Genbank (from synonym Balitorinae Swainson, 1839)
To Genbank
To ITIS