Ellopostoma

Ellopostoma
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Ellopostomatidae
Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2009
Genus: Ellopostoma
Vaillant, 1902
Type species
Aperioptus megalomycter
Vaillant, 1902

Ellopostoma is a small genus of loaches native to Southeast Asia. This is the only genus in the family Ellopostomatidae, having been confirmed as being in a family of its own by M. Kottelat in his review of the loaches in 2012.

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