Acantopsis ioa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

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: Cobitidae
Subfamilia: Cobitinae
Genus: Acantopsis
Species: Acantopsis ioa

Name

• Acantopsis ioa Boyd & Page in Boyd et al., 2017: 179

Holotype: UMMZ 250301, 128.4 mm SL.

Type locality: “Laos, Mekong River drainage, Vientiane Province, Nam Lik, 6 km upstream of confluence with Nam Ngum River, 18.583N, 102.500E.”

References

Primary references

• Boyd, D.A., Nithirojpakdee, P., Deein, G., Vidthayanon, C., Grudpan, C., Tangjitjaroen, W., Pfeiffer, J.M., Randall, Z.S., Srisombat, T. & Page, L.M. 2017. Revision of the horseface loaches (Cobitidae, Acantopsis), with descriptions of three new species from Southeast Asia. Zootaxa 4341(2): 151–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.2.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Slender Horseface Loach