Botia udomritthiruji

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Cobitidae
Subfamilia: Botiinae
Genus: Botia
Species: Botia udomritthiruji

Name

Botia udomritthiruji Ng, 2007

Holotype: UMMZ 248184.
Paratypes: NRM 56791 (3); UMMZ 248185 (2); ZRC 50984 (14).

Type locality: Tenasserim River drainage in the vicinity of Same, 13°36'N, 99°02'E [1], Taninthayi division, Myanmar.

Etymology: Species is named in appreciation after Kamphol Udomritthiruj, who provided the author with not only the type material and associated data for this species, but also material and data for other projects.

Vernacular names

English: Emperor loach
ไทย: ปลาหมูฮ่องเต้, ปลาหมูจักรพรรดิ์, ปลาหมูกำพล

References

Kottelat, M. 2012. Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 26(Supplement 26): 1–199. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Ng, H. H.; 2007: Botia udomritthiruji, a new species of botiid loach from southern Myanmar (Teleostei: Botiidae). Zootaxa, 1608: 41–49 [2]

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