Ellopostoma

Ellopostoma is a small genus of loaches native to Southeast Asia.^[1] This is the only genus in the family Ellopostomatidae, having been confirmed as being in a family of its own by M. Kottelat in his review of the loaches in 2012.^[2]

Ellopostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Superfamily:	Cobitoidei
Family:	Ellopostomatidae Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2009
Genus:	Ellopostoma Vaillant, 1902
Type species
Aperioptus megalomycter Vaillant, 1902

Ellopostoma megalomycter

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Ellopostoma megalomycter (Vaillant, 1902)
• Ellopostoma mystax H. H. Tan & K. K. P. Lim, 2002 (enigmatic loach)