Gastromyzontidae

Engkaria eubranchus

Engkaria eubranchus

• Freshwater fish

Engkaria is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Gastromyzontidae, commonly called the hillstream loaches, although this also refers to the loaches in the family Balitoridae. The only species in the genus is Engkaria eubranchus, a species formerly classified in the genus Hypergastromyzon, which is endemic to the Lupar River basin in southern Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo.