Paraprotomyzon is a genus of gastromyzontid loaches endemic to China.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Gastromyzontidae |
| Genus: | Paraprotomyzon Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1935 |
| Type species | |
| Paraprotomyzon multifasciatus Pellegrin & Fang, 1935
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Species
editThere are currently five known species in this genus:[1][2]
- Paraprotomyzon bamaensis W. Q. Tang, 1997
- Paraprotomyzon lungkowensis C. X. Xie, G. R. Yang & L. X. Gong, 1984
- Paraprotomyzon multifasciatus Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1935
- Paraprotomyzon niulanjiangensis Y. F. Lu, Zong-Min Lu & W. N. Mao, 2005
- Paraprotomyzon yunnanensis (W. X. Li, Zong-Min Lu & W. N. Mao, 1988)
References
edit- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paraprotomyzon". FishBase. March 2024 version.
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