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Balitora brucei Gray, 1830

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Gray, J.E. (1830). Illustrations of Indian Zoology; Chiefly Selected from the Collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F. R. S. Volume 1. Part 3. London: Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cypriniformes
family
Balitoridae
genus
Balitora
species
Balitora brucei

Name

Synonyms
Balitora brucei brucei
Balitora brucei burmanicus Hora, 1932
Balitora maculata Gray, 1830
Homaloptera brucei (Gray, 1830)
Homaloptera maculata (Gray, 1830)
Platycara anisura McClelland & Griffith, 1842
Platycara maculata (Gray, 1830)
Homonyms
Balitora brucei Gray, 1830
Common names
balitora Bruceova in Czech
Балитора Брюса in Russian
ハイイロタニノボリ in Japanese
ブルースイワハイウオ in Japanese
マダライワハイウオ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Gray, J.E. (1830). Illustrations of Indian Zoology; Chiefly Selected from the Collection of Major-General Hardwicke, F. R. S. Volume 1. Part 3. London: Treuttel, Wurtz, Treuttel, Jun. and Richter.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1715 Homalopteridae Bleekcr, 1859 (Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes): not given precedence over Balitoridae Swainson, 1839.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(1), 92-93 (1993)
  4. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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