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''Erromyzon'' is a
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Gastromyzontidae The Gastromyzontidae are a family of loaches native to China and Southeast Asia, where typically found in streams and rivers with a fast current. The family includes about 137 species in eighteen genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic ran ...
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
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Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...
.Kottelat, M. (2012)
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.''


Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: * '' Erromyzon compactus'' Kottelat, 2004 * '' Erromyzon kalotaenia'' J. Yang, Kottelat, J. X. Yang & X. Y. Chen, 2012Yang, J., Kottelat, M., Yang, J.-X. & Chen, X.-Y. (2012):
''Yaoshania'' and ''Erromyzon kalotaenia'', a new genus and a new species of balitorid loaches from Guangxi, China (Teleostei: Cypriniformes).
''Zootaxa, 3586: 173–186.''
* '' Erromyzon sinensis'' ( Y. Y. Chen, 1980) * '' Erromyzon yangi'' Neely,
Conway Conway may refer to: Places United States * Conway, Arkansas * Conway County, Arkansas * Lake Conway, Arkansas * Conway, Florida * Conway, Iowa * Conway, Kansas * Conway, Louisiana * Conway, Massachusetts * Conway, Michigan * Conway Townshi ...
& Mayden, 2007


References

Fish of Asia Gastromyzontidae {{Cypriniformes-stub