Homaloptera confuzona Kottelat, 2000
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Homaloptera confuzona is a species of hillstream loach in the genus Homaloptera found in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. It lives in the lower Mekong drainage and coastal streams of Cambodia and eastern Thailand. Its maximum size is about 40 cm (16 in) SL.
Homaloptera confuzona is eaten locally and it is occasionally bred in the aquarium fish trade.
Wikipedia contributors, Homaloptera confuzona; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:49:13.622644+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Homaloptera confuzona Kottelat, 2000
- Name authority
- Kottelat, 2000
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Balitoridae
- Genus
- Homaloptera
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyBalitoridae Swainson, 1839
- genusHomaloptera van Hasselt, 1823
- speciesHomaloptera confuzona Kottelat, 2000
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Homaloptera. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Homaloptera bilineata Blyth, 1860 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Homaloptera ocellata van der Hoeven, 1830 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Homaloptera parclitella Tan & Ng, 2005 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Homaloptera ogilviei Alfred, 1967 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Homaloptera orthogoniata Vaillant, 1902 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Kottelat, M. (2000). Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae). Journal of South Asian Natural History, 5. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3MDVC. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.