Acantopsis dialuzona
Acantopsis dialuzona | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Cobitidae |
Genus: | Acantopsis |
Species: | A. dialuzona
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Binomial name | |
Acantopsis dialuzona van Hasselt , 1823 | |
Synonyms | |
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Acantopsis dialuzona is a loach native to the swift, clear streams and rivers of mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia, Indonesia,Peninsular Malaysia,Thailand,but Southeast Asia outside its range, including as Acantopsis. A. choirorhynchos because of the lack of taxonomic resolution in Acantopsis. It can also be found in flooded fields.[2][3]
The horseface loach or horsehead loach, formerly known as Acantopsis choirorhynchos, is now recognized as belonging to this species.[4]
Taxonomy
Under
In aquaria
A very similar species is the unofficially named
The horseface loach's native
The horseface loach is most active at night and mostly keeps to itself. It attains a maximum size of 30 centimetres (12 in) in length, but is considered mature from 6 centimetres (2.4 in). As of 1997[update], it had not been bred in captivity. It was first imported into Europe in 1929 by Edmund Riechers of Hamburg, Germany.
Local names
- Laotian: ອິດ [ít]
- Thai: ปลารากกล้วย [plaː râːk klûaj].
See also
References
- . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Acantopsis dialuzona" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Acantopsis choirorhynchos" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
Bibliography
- Baensch, Hans A., and Riehl, Rudiger. (1997). Baensch Aquarium Atlas, Vol. 1. (6th ed.), p. 366. Microcosm Ltd.; Shelburne, Vermont. ISBN 1-890087-05-X
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2005). "Acantopsis choirorhynchos" in FishBase. May 2005 version.
- "Acantopsis choirorhynchos". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 23, 2005.