Haotula
| Haotula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Haotula Endruweit, 2025[1] |
| Species: | H. sonlaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Haotula sonlaensis | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Haotula is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. The only species in the genus is Haotula sonlaensis. This taxon is endemic to Vietnam where it was described in 2010 as Oreias sonlaensis from Lake Bom Hau, Chieng Xom Commune, Son La City, in the basin of the Da River, living in caves in the dry season and moving out into shallow surface waters in the floods.[3] This species reaches a standard length of 6.4 cm (2.5 in).[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nemacheilidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Haotula". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 August 2026.
- ↑ Nguyen Thi Hoa; Nguyen Van Hao; Hoang Thanh Thuong (2010). "Two new species of Oreias Sauvage, 1874 discovered in Son La city, Vietnam". Academia Journal of Biology. 32 (4): 45–53. doi:10.15625/0866-7160/v32n4.720.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura sonlaensis". FishBase. June 2026 version.