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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Balitoridae |
| Genus: | Neohomaloptera Herre, 1944 |
| Species: | N. johorensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Neohomaloptera johorensis (Herre, 1944)
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Neohomaloptera johorensis is a species of dwarf hillstream loach, it is the only member of its genus Neohomaloptera.
Named after the state it was discovered in, Johor, Malaysia. Although, it can still be found outside of the state. The species is previously known from only two specimens, the holotype and a topotype, both collected in 1940.[1]
- ^ Leiden., Netherlands. Rijksmuseum Van Natuurlijke Historie Te (1969). Malayan Cyprinoid Fishes of the Family Homalopteridae. OCLC 630132140.