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Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae Loaches
Subfamily: Cobitinae
Genus: Acantopsis

(See list of species below)


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6 species (see list below)

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Photo by Wickham, M.

Asia
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Acantopsis choirorhynchos (Bleeker, 1854)

Photo by Wickham, M.
 
Acantopsis choirorhynchos
[Horseface loach]

Photo by Sheremetyev, I.

Asia
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Acantopsis dialuzona Van Hasselt, 1823

Photo by Sheremetyev, I.
 
Acantopsis dialuzona
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Asia
 
Acantopsis multistigmatus
[]

Photo by Martin-Smith, K.

Asia
Max. Length 9.6 cm SL
Acantopsis octoactinotos Siebert, 1991

Photo by Martin-Smith, K.
 
Acantopsis octoactinotos
[]

Photo by Udomrittiruj, K.

Asia
Max. Length 30 cm NG
Acantopsis spectabilis (Blyth, 1860)

Photo by Udomrittiruj, K.
 
Acantopsis spectabilis
[]

Photo by Suvarnaraksha, A.

Asia
Max. Length 11.8 cm SL
Acantopsis thiemmedhi Sontirat, 1999

Photo by Suvarnaraksha, A.
 
Acantopsis thiemmedhi
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6 Species of Family Cobitidae with Genus Acantopsis
(Loaches)
Sort by: Species Length Year
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Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1854 Acantopsis choirorhynchos Horseface loach Asia 30 TL
1823 Acantopsis dialuzona Asia 25 SL
2005 Acantopsis multistigmatus Asia
1991 Acantopsis octoactinotos Asia 9.6 SL
1860 Acantopsis spectabilis Asia 30 NG
1999 Acantopsis thiemmedhi Asia 11.8 SL



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