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FAMILY Balitoridae Swainson, 1839 FAMILY Balitoridae Swainson, 1839 - hillstream and river loaches [=Balitorinae, Homalopterini, Sinohomalopterini, Homalopteroidini] Notes: Balitorinae Swainson, 1839:190 [ref. 4303] (subfamily) Balitora Homalopterini Bleeker, 1859d:XXVIII [ref. 371] (stirps) Homaloptera Sinohomalopterini Chen, 1980:208 [ref. 32172] (group) Sinohomaloptera Homalopteroidini Randall & Page 2015:62 [ref. 33701] (tribe) Homalopteroides GENUS Balitora Gray, 1830 - stone loaches [=Balitora Gray [J. E.], 1830:Pl. 88 (v. 1), Sinohomaloptera (subgenus of Homaloptera) Fang [P.-W.], 1930:26] Notes: [ref. 1878]. Fem. Balitora brucei Gray, 1830. Type by monotypy. Kottelat 1988 [ref. 13379] and 1989 [ref. 13605] regards Balitoridae Swainson, 1839 as the valid name for the family, predating Homalopteridae Bleeker, 1859; this was upheld in ICZN Opinion 1715 in 1993. •Valid as Balitora Gray, 1830 -- (Silas 1953:205 [ref. 4024], Menon et al. 1978 [ref. 6801], Chen 1978:335 [ref. 6900], Jayaram 1981:143 [ref. 6497], Sawada 1982:204 [ref. 14111], Zheng & Zhang 1983:65 [ref. 21356], Kottelat 1985:267 [ref. 11441], Menon 1987:228 [ref. 14149], Kottelat 1988:489 [ref. 13379], Kottelat & Chu 1988:188 [ref. 13491], Kottelat 1989:12 [ref. 13605], Doi 1997:26 [ref. 22832], Chen in Chen 1998:265 [ref. 23556], Tang & Chen 2000:8 [ref. 25445], Chen & Tang in Yue et al. 2000:522 [ref. 25272], Nguyen & Nguyen 2002:10 [ref. 26611], Conway & Mayden 2010:1466 [ref. 30776], Wang et al. 2010:26 [ref. 30898], Bhoite et al. 2011:3038 [ref. 32191], Liu et al. 2012:369, 375 [ref. 31548], Kottelat 2012:44 [ref. 32367], Raghavan et al. 2013:3921 [ref. 32564], Kottelat 2013:185 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Balitora Gray, 1830. Balitoridae. (Sinohomaloptera) [ref. 1296]. Fem. Homaloptera kwangsiensis Fang, 1930. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Sinohomaloptera Fang, 1930 -- (Silas 1953:209 [ref. 4024], Chen 1978:336 [ref. 6900], Sawada 1982:204 [ref. 14111], Tang & Chen 2000:8 [ref. 25445], Chen & Tang in Yue et al. 2000:530 [ref. 25272], Nguyen & Nguyen 2002:10 [ref. 26611]). •Synonym of Balitora Gray, 1830 -- (Kottelat 1988:489 [ref. 13379], Kottelat & Chu 1988:189 [ref. 13491], Zheng in Pan et al. 1991:257 [ref. 23876], Chen et al. 2005:25 [ref. 2835], Liu et al. 2012:369 [ref. 31548], Kottelat 2012:44 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:185 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Synonym of Balitora Gray, 1830. Balitoridae. Species Balitora annamitica Kottelat, 1988 - annamitica stone loach (author) [=Balitora annamitica Kottelat [M.], 1988:498, Figs. 2d, 5] Notes: [Revue Suisse de Zoologie v. 95 (no. 2); ref. 13379] Grande Cascade, Boun Long, Kampuchea, Cambodia, 13°42'N, 107°00'E. Current status: Valid as Balitora annamitica Kottelat, 1988. Balitoridae. Distribution: Cambodia. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora brucei Gray, 1830 - Gray's stone loach [=Balitora brucei Gray [J. E.], 1830:no page number, Pl. 88 (fig. 1), Platycara anisura McClelland [J.] & Griffith [E.], in McClelland, 1842:587, Pl. 18 (fig. 1), Balitora maculata Gray [J. E.], 1830:no page number, Pl. 88 (fig. 2)] Notes: [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Priang River near Cherrapunji, Assam, India [original: Mountain stream, India]. Current status: Valid as Balitora brucei Gray, 1830. Balitoridae. Distribution: Asia: Tibet, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sra Lanka and Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater. (anisura) [Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 2 (no. 8); ref. 2926] Kassyah [Kasiah] Hills, Assam, India. Current status: Synonym of Balitora brucei Gray, 1830. Balitoridae. Habitat: freshwater. (maculata) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Priang River near Cherrapunji, Assam, India [original: Mountain stream, India]. Current status: Synonym of Balitora brucei Gray, 1830. Balitoridae. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora burmanica Hora, 1932 - Burmese stone loach [=Balitora brucei var. burmanicus Hora [S. L.], 1932:291, Pl. 11 (fig. 6), Balitora brucei var. melanosoma Hora [S. L.], 1932:291, Pl. 10 (fig. 6)] Notes: [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 12 (no. 2); ref. 2208] Meekalan, Myanmar. Current status: Valid as Balitora burmanica Hora, 1932. Balitoridae. Distribution: Southeastern Asia. Habitat: freshwater. (melanosoma) [Memoirs of the Indian Museum v. 12 (no. 2); ref. 2208] Thaungyin [Thaugyn] River, Megla Stream on Myanmar - Thailand border. Current status: Synonym of Balitora burmanica Hora, 1932. Balitoridae. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora chipkali Kumar et al., 2016 - Kali stone loach (author) [=Balitora chipkali Kumar [P.], Katwate [U.], Raghavan [R.] & Dahanukar [N.], 2016:157, Figs. 1-3, 8A, 9A-F] Notes: [Zootaxa 4138 (no. 1); ref. 34540] Karnataka, Astoli River, Kali River system, Ramnagar, India (15.430°N, 74.480°E), elevation 630 meters. Current status: Valid as Balitora chipkali Kumar, Katwate, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016. Balitoridae. Distribution: India. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora eddsi Conway & Mayden, 2010 - Gerwa River stone loach (author) [=Balitora eddsi Conway [K. W.] & Mayden [R. L.], 2010:1467, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Journal of Fish Biology v. 76 (no. 6); ref. 30776] Gerwa River, Karnali River basin, between Chisapani and Kothiaghat, Bardiya District, Nepal, 28°34'0.012"N, 81°13'59.88"E. to 28°23'60.00"N, 81°11'59.99"E. Current status: Valid as Balitora eddsi Conway & Mayden, 2010. Balitoridae. Distribution: Nepal. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora elongata Chen & Li, in Li & Chen, 1985 - elongate stone loach (author) [=Balitora elongata Chen [Y.-R.] & Li [Z.-Y.], in Li & Chen, 1985:169 (English p. 173), Fig. 1] Notes: [Zoological Research v. 6 (no. 2); ref. 8146] Yangbi River, Yynnan, China. Current status: Valid as Balitora elongata Chen & Li, 1985. Balitoridae. Distribution: Lancangjiang [Mekong] River, China. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora haithanhi Nguyen, 2005 - Gam River stone loach (author) [=Balitora haithanhi Nguyen [V. H.], 2005:599, Fig. 32] Notes: [Freshwater fishes of Vietnam v. 2; ref. 29730] Gâm River, Na Hang, Tuyên Quang Province, Vietnam. Current status: Valid as Balitora haithanhi Nguyen, 2005. Balitoridae. Distribution: Gâm River, Na Hang, Tuyên Quang Province, Vietnam. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora jalpalli Raghavan et al., 2013 - Silent Valley stone loach (author) [=Balitora jalpalli Raghavan [R.], Tharian [J.], Ali [A.], Jadhav [S.] & Dahanukar [N.], 2013:3922, Images 1-3, 6a-c] Notes: [Journal of Threatened Taxa v. 5 (no. 5); ref. 32564] Valleparathodu, near Poochipara, Silent Valley National Park, 11°06'47"N, 76°26'11"E, Palakkad District, Kerala, India, depth 924 meters. Current status: Valid as Balitora jalpalli Raghavan, Tharian, Ali, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2012. Balitoridae. Distribution: Western Ghats, India. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora kwangsiensis (Fang, 1930) - Kwangsi stone loach (author) [=Homaloptera kwangsiensis Fang [P.-W.], 1930:27, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-2), Balitora heteroura Pan [J.], Liu [C.] & Zheng [W.], 1983:105 [English p. 108], Fig. 1, Sinohomaloptera hoffmanni Herre [A. W. C. T.], 1938:429, Fig. 1, Balitora nigrocorpa Nguyen [V. H.], 2005:594, Fig. 29, Hemimyzon songamensis Nguyen [V. H.], 2005:601, Fig. 33] Notes: [Sinensia v. 1 (no. 3); ref. 1296] Stream in Lin-yueng-shien, Kwangsi, China, elevation 2100 feet. Current status: Valid as Balitora kwangsiensis (Fang, 1930). Balitoridae. Distribution: Zhujiang, Cangjiang rivers in Hainan Island, Yuanjiang River in Yunnan Province, China. Habitat: freshwater. (heteroura) [Journal of the Hua Nan Teacher's Univ., Nat. Sci. Ed. 1983 (no. 2); ref. 21354] Beijiang, Guangdong, China. Current status: Synonym of Balitora kwangsiensis (Fang, 1930). Balitoridae. Habitat: freshwater. (hoffmanni) [Lingnan Science Journal, Canton v. 17 (no. 3); ref. 11003] Cheung Kon Ts'uen, Hainan, China. Current status: Synonym of Balitora kwangsiensis (Fang, 1930). Balitoridae. Habitat: freshwater. (nigrocorpa) [Freshwater fishes of Vietnam v. 2; ref. 29730] Lô River, Hà Giang Province, Vietnam. Current status: Synonym of Balitora kwangsiensis (Fang, 1930). Balitoridae. Habitat: freshwater. (songamensis) [Freshwater fishes of Vietnam v. 2; ref. 29730] Gâm River, Na Hang, Tuyên Quang Province, Vietnam. Current status: Synonym of Balitora kwangsiensis (Fang, 1930). Balitoridae. Distribution: Vietnam (if valid). Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora lancangjiangensis (Zheng, 1980) - Lancangjiang stone loach (author) [=Sinohomaloptera lancangjiangensis Zheng [C.-Y.], 1980:110, Figs. 1-2] Notes: [Journal of Jinan University (Natural Science) 1980 (no. 1); ref. 21353] Current status: Valid as Balitora lancangjiangensis (Zheng, 1980). Balitoridae. Distribution: Mekong River drainage, Yunnan Province, China and Laos. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora laticauda Bhoite et al., 2012 - Krishna stone loach (author) [=Balitora laticauda Bhoite [S.], Jadhav [S.] & Dahanukar [N.], 2012:3039, Images 1, 2a, 2b, 3a, 4a, 4b, Appendix 1] Notes: [Journal of Threatened Taxa v. 4 (no. 11); ref. 32191] Stream of Krishna River drainage at Venegaon Village near Krishno River bridge (17.499°N, 74.118°E), Satara District, Maharashtra, India, elevation 590 meters. Current status: Valid as Balitora laticauda Bhoite, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2012. Balitoridae. Distribution: India. Habitat: freshwater. Species Balitora longibarbata (Chen, in Zheng et al., 1982) - Yiliang Xian stone loach (author) [=Sinohomaloptera longibarbatus Chen [Y.-R.], in Zheng, Chen & Huang, 1982:394 (English p. 401), Fig. 1] Notes: [Zoological Research v. 3 (no. 4); ref. 21355] Yiliang Xian, Yunnan Province,
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