Balitora

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cobitoidei
Familia: Balitoridae
Genus: Balitora
Species (21): B. anlongensis – B. annamitica – B. brucei – B. burmanica – B. chipkali – B. eddsi – B. elongata – B. haithanhi – B. jalpalli – B. kwangsiensis – B. lancangjiangensis – B. laticauda – B. longibarbata – B. ludongensis – B. meridionalis – B. mysorensis – B. nantingensis – B. nigrocorpa – B. nujiangensis – B. tchangi – B. vanlani – B. vanlongi
Name

Balitora Gray, 1830: Pl. 88

Type species: Balitora brucei Gray, 1830. Type by monotypy.
References

Gray, J. E. (1830-35): Illustrations of Indian zoology; chiefly selected from the collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F.R.S., .... Pls. 1-202.
Luo, T., Chen, Z-X., Zhao, X-R., Yu, J., Lan, C-T., Zhou, J-J., Xiao, N. & Zhou, J 2023. Balitora anlongensis, the first cavefish species of the genus Balitora (Teleostei, Balitoridae) from Guizhou Province, southwest China. Zookeys 1185: 21-42. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.108545 Reference page.

Balitora is a genus of fish in the family Balitoridae endemic to Asia.[1]
Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Balitora annamitica Kottelat, 1988
Balitora brucei J. E. Gray, 1830 (Gray's stone loach)
Balitora burmanica Hora, 1932 (Burmese stone loach)
Balitora chipkali Kumkar, U. Katwate, Raghavan & Dahanukar, 2016 (Chipkali stone loach) [3]
Balitora eddsi Conway & Mayden, 2010
Balitora elongata (Y. R. Chen & Z. Y. Li, 1985)
Balitora haithanhi V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
Balitora jalpalli Raghavan, Tharian, Ali, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2013 [4]
Balitora kwangsiensis (P. W. Fang, 1930)
Balitora lancangjiangensis (C. Y. Zheng, 1980)
Balitora laticauda Bhoite, Jadhav & Dahanukar, 2012 [5]
Balitora longibarbata (Y. R. Chen, 1982)
Balitora ludongensis S. W. Liu & X. Y. Chen, 2012 [6] (Ludong hillstream loach)
Balitora meridionalis Kottelat, 1988
Balitora mysorensis Hora, 1941 (Slender stone loach)
Balitora nantingensis X. Y. Chen, G. H. Cui & J. X. Yang, 2005 (species inquirenda in Balitora)
Balitora nigrocorpa V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
Balitora nujiangensis Zhang & C. Y. Zheng, 1983
Balitora tchangi C. Y. Zheng, 1982
Balitora vanlani V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
Balitora vanlongi V. H. Nguyễn, 2005

References

Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Balitora in FishBase. March 2024 version.
Kumkar, P., Katwate, U., Raghavan, R. & Dahanukar, N. (2016): Balitora chipkali, a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from the northern Western Ghats of India, with a note on the distribution of B. laticauda. Zootaxa, 4138 (1): 155–170.
Raghavan, R., Tharian, J., Ali, A., Jadhav, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2013): Balitora jalpalli, a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Silent Valley, southern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 5 (5): 3921–3934.
Bhoite, S., Jadhav, S. & Dahanukar, N. (2012): Balitora laticauda, a new species of stone loach (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Balitoridae) from Krishna River, northern Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 4 (11): 3038–3049.
Liu, S.-W., Zhu, Y., Wei, R.-f. & Chen, X.-Y. (2012): A new species of the genus Balitora (Teleostei: Balitoridae) from Guangxi, China. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 93 (3): 369-375.

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