Homaloptera confuzona

Homaloptera confuzona
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Balitoridae
Genus:	Homaloptera
Species:	H. confuzona
Binomial name
Homaloptera confuzona Kottelat, 2000 [2]

Homaloptera confuzona is a species of hillstream loach in the genus Homaloptera found in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.^[3] It lives in the lower Mekong drainage and coastal streams of Cambodia and eastern Thailand.^[1] Its maximum size is about 40 cm (16 in) SL.^[2]

Homaloptera confuzona is eaten locally and it is occasionally bred in the aquarium fish trade.^[1]

References

1. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Homaloptera confuzona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180664A1649187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180664A1649187.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. Kottelat, M. (2000). "Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae)" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 5: 37–82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Homaloptera confuzona". FishBase. February 2015 version.