Never heard of the genus Kapuasia? That’s what happened to me when a loach labelled as Kapuasia maculiceps was shown as newly imported on the website of Dutch wholesaler Ruinemans at the beginning of November 2024.
The genus Kapuasia was established in early 2024 by Kottelat and Tan for the taxon maculiceps, which was previously in Schistura and described as Nemacheilus. It is named after the Kapuas River basin in Borneo.
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