The extension characteristics of adipose crest forward to the vertical via the posterior end of the anal-fin base and the shape of caudal fin shapes of H. gelao (A), H. variegata (B), H. oxygnathra (C), and H. berezowskii (D) (B–D, copy from Liu et al. 2022).

 
 
  Part of: Xiao G-B, Guo Q-W, Cao L, Lin J, Deng W-X, Xiao Q-Q, Zhou L, Zhang H-R, Fang D-Z (2025) Homatula gelao (Cypriniformes, Nemacheilidae), a new nemacheiline species of loach from the upper Yangtze River basin in Guizhou Province, southwestern China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(1): 257-271. https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.141973