''Acantopsis'' is a genus of freshwater fishes, commonly known as horseface
loaches or banana-root fishes, in the family
Cobitidae
Cobitidae, also known as the true loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most " loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includ ...
.
Fishes of the genus ''Acantopsis'' inhabit sandy riverbeds throughout
Southeast Asia
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and are most diverse in the
Mekong River
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in
Thailand
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,
Laos
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, and
Cambodia
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wherein five species are known to occur. The common horseface loach, ''
A. rungthipae'', is popular in the aquarium trade.
Species
The species in the genus are:
[Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & R. van der Laan (eds) 2018. Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. (https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp). Accessed 28 September 2018.]
* ''
Acantopsis bruinen''
Boyd, So, Thach & Page
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* ''
Acantopsis dialuzona''
van Hasselt, 1823 (Piglet horseface loach)
* ''
Acantopsis dinema''
Boyd & Page
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* '' Acantopsis ioa'' Boyd & ]Page
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* '' Acantopsis multistigmatus'' Vishwanath & Laisram, 2005
* '' Acantopsis octoactinotos'' Siebert, 1991 (Dwarf horseface loach)
* '' Acantopsis rungthipae'' Boyd, Nithirojpakdee & ]Page
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* '' Acantopsis spectabilis'' ( Blyth, 1860) (Spectacular horseface loach)
* '' Acantopsis thiemmedhi'' Sontirat, 1999 (Blackspotted horseface loach)
'' Acantopsis choirorhynchos'' ( Bleeker, 1854) is considered a synonym of ''A. dialuzona''.][
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References
Cobitidae
Taxa named by Johan Conrad van Hasselt
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