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Homaloptera confuzona
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Balitoridae
Genus:	Homaloptera
Species:	H. confuzona
Binomial name
Homaloptera confuzona Kottelat, 2000

Homaloptera confuzona is a species of hillstream loach in the genus Homaloptera found in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand. 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.

References

1. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Homaloptera confuzona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180664A1649187. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180664A1649187.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. ^ Kottelat, M. (2000). "Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae)" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 5: 37–82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Homaloptera confuzona". FishBase. February 2015 version.

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