Hemimyzon papilio Kottelat, 1998
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.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hemimyzon papilio Kottelat, 1998
- Name authority
- Kottelat, 1998
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Balitoridae
- Genus
- Hemimyzon
- 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
- genusHemimyzon Regan, 1911
- speciesHemimyzon papilio Kottelat, 1998
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hemimyzon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hemimyzon confluens Kottelat, 2000 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemimyzon songamensis Nguyen, 2005 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemimyzon macroptera Zheng, 1982 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemimyzon formosanus (Boulenger, 1894) | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemimyzon khonensis Kottelat, 2000 | BalitoridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hemimyzon indicus Lalramliana, Solo, Lalronunga & Lalnuntluanga, 2018 | 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. (1998). Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 9 (1): 1–128. 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:6LP2D. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.