title: Metahomaloptera
text: # Metahomaloptera
  
  Metahomaloptera is a small genus of hillstream loaches endemic to China.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
  
  * Metahomaloptera hangshuiensis C. X. Xie, G. R. Yang & L. X. Gong, 1984
  * Metahomaloptera longicauda Jian Yang, X. Y. Chen & J. X. Yang, 2007
  * Metahomaloptera omeiensis H. W. Chang, 1944
  