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Syncrossus

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Syncrossus

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Syncrossus is a genus of six loaches, many of which are popular in the aquarium fish trade. They are primarily found in Southeast Asia, but S. berdmorei also occurs marginally outside this region in far northeastern India. It is one of eight genera in its family.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCypriniformes
  5. FamilyCobitidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded491

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
9
With media
7
Family
Cobitidae
Collections
UF
Recorded in
Indonesia, Vietnam

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Syncrossus is a genus of six loaches, many of which are popular in the aquarium fish trade. They are primarily found in Southeast Asia, but S. berdmorei also occurs marginally outside this region in far northeastern India. It is one of eight genera in its family.

==Species== The currently recognized species in this genus are: Syncrossus beauforti (H. M. Smith, 1931) (chameleon loach) Syncrossus berdmorei Blyth, 1860 (Blyth's loach) Syncrossus helodes (Sauvage, 1876) (lesser Katy Loach) Syncrossus hymenophysa (Bleeker, 1852) (green tiger loach) Syncrossus lucasbahi (Fowler, 1937) Syncrossus reversus (T. R. Roberts, 1989)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Syncrossus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.