Beaufortia pingi

Beaufortia pingi is a species of river loach (family Balitoridae[2][3] or Gastromyzontidae,[4] depending on the source). It occurs in China (Yunnan and Guangxi[1]) and Vietnam.[3] It inhabits fast-flowing hill streams[1] and grows to 5 cm (2.0 in) standard length.[3]

Beaufortia pingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Beaufortia
Species:
B. pingi
Binomial name
Beaufortia pingi
(P. W. Fang, 1930)
Synonyms

Gastromyzon pingi Fang, 1930

References
  1. Chen, X.-Y. (2011). "Beaufortia pingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T166204A6190273. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166204A6190273.en.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke; R. van der Laan, eds. (1 July 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Beaufortia pingi" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  4. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 26: 1–199. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-11.


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