| Acantopsis | |
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| Acantopsis rungthipae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Acantopsis van Hasselt, 1823 |
| Type species | |
| Acantopsis dialuzona van Hasselt, 1823
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Acantopsis is a genus of freshwater fishes, commonly known as horseface loaches or banana-root fishes, in the family Cobitidae.[1] Fishes of the genus Acantopsis inhabit sandy riverbeds throughout Southeast Asia and are most diverse in the Mekong River in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia wherein five species are known to occur.[2] The common horseface loach, A. rungthipae, is popular in the aquarium trade.[3]
- ^ Boyd DA, Nithirojpakdee P, Deein G, Vidthayanon C, Grudpan C, Tangjitjaroen W, Pfeiffer JM, Randall ZS, Srisombat T, Page LM (2017). "Revision of the horseface loaches (Cobitidae, Acantopsis), with descriptions of three new species from Southeast Asia". Zootaxa. 4341 (2): 151–192.
- ^ Nagao Natural Environment Foundation, ed. (2021). Fishes of the Indochinese Mekong. Tokyo: Nagao Natural Environment Foundation. pp. xii+546 pages.
- ^ Schäfer, Frank (29 November 2017). "Acantopsis rungthipae".