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Species in the genus Balantiocheilos: [ 2 ] records


ambusticauda, Balantiocheilos Ng [H. H.] & Kottelat [M.] 2007:14, Figs. 1a, 2a, 3a [Zootaxa No. 1463; ref. 29118] Bung Borapet, Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand. Holotype: MHNG 2689.096. Paratypes: ANSP 87831 (3), 87209 (2); MNHN 1847 (5), A-6333 (1); MHNG 2158.45 (3). •Valid as Balantiocheilos ambusticauda Ng & Kottelat 2007 -- (Kottelat 2013:74 [ref. 32989], Taki et al. 2021:169 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Balantiocheilos ambusticauda Ng & Kottelat 2007. Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: lower and middle Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam [possibly extinct]. Habitat: freshwater.

melanopterus, Barbus Bleeker [P.] 1850:11 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 1 (no. 1); ref. 16884] Bandjarmasin, Borneo, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ?RMNH 7030. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1866.5.2.92 (1); MNHN 0000-3846 (1) Borneo, 0000-3847 (1) Sumatra; RMNH 17343 [ex RMNH 7030] (14). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1948:52 [ref. 19574]. •Valid as Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker 1850) -- (Roberts 1989:29 [ref. 6439], Kottelat et al. 1993:32 [ref. 23448], Rainboth 1996:86 [ref. 22772], Doi 1997:3 [ref. 22832], Kottelat 2001:38 [ref. 25780], Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:148 [ref. 28284], Ng & Kottelat 2007:13 [ref. 29118], Kottelat 2013:74 [ref. 32989], Ng et al. 2019:521 [ref. 36606], Ahmad et al. 2023:55 [ref. 41243]). Current status: Valid as Balantiocheilos melanopterus (Bleeker 1850). Cyprinidae: Cyprininae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Malaya (Malaysia), Singapore, Sumatra (Indonesia) and Borneo [now extinct in many areas]. IUCN (2020): Vulnerable. Habitat: freshwater.


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