Serpenticobitis, popularly known as serpent loaches, is a small genus of loaches found in the Mekong River Basin in Southeast Asia.[3] It is the only genus in the family Serpenticobitidae.[4]

Serpenticobitis
Serpenticobitis cingulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Serpenticobitidae
Kottelat, 2012[2]
Genus: Serpenticobitis
T. R. Roberts, 1997[1]
Type species
Serpenticobitis octozona
T. R. Roberts, 1997[1]

Species

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Serpenticobitis contains the following species:[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Serpenticobitidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  2. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.1-230&rft.date=2014&rft_id=info:doi/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1&rft_id=info:pmid/25543675&rft.au=Richard van der Laan&rft.au=William N. Eschmeyer&rft.au=Ronald Fricke&rft_id=https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3882.1.1/10480&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Serpenticobitis" class="Z3988">
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Serpenticobitis". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.1-199&rft.date=2012&rft.au=Kottelat, M.&rft_id=https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/app/uploads/2017/06/Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Serpenticobitis" class="Z3988">
  5. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Serpenticobitis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 December 2024.