Chromobotia macracanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Botiidae
Genus: Chromobotia
Species: Chromobotia macracanthus

Name

Chromobotia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)

Lectotype: RMNH 7058. Paralectotypes and/or Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1866.5.2.71 (1); RMNH 9111 (1), 17439 [ex RMNH 7058] (25); MNHN 000-1388 (1) Borneo, 0000-5708 (1) Sumatra; NMV A2062 (3); SMNS 10600 (1).

Type catalogs: Bertin & Estève 1948:91, Fricke 1991:12, Fricke 2005:29.

Type locality: Palembang, River Kwanten, western Sumatra, Indonesia.

Synonyms

Cobitis macracanthus Bleeker, 1852
Botia macracantha (Bleeker, 1852)
Botia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)

References

Primary references

Bleeker, P. 1852. Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental I–IV. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 3: 569–608. BHL Reference page.
Bertin, L. & Estève, R. 1948. Catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 5e partie. Ostariophysaires (Siluriformes). Imp. Nationale, Paris. 4e partie: 1–117. Reference page. [See page 91.]
Fricke, R. 1991. Types and historical materials in the fish collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Part 1. The Bleeker collection. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) No. 471: 1–85. Reference page. [See page 12.]
Fricke, R. 2005. Types in the fish collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, described in 1845–2004. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) No. 684: 1–95. PDF. Reference page. [See page 29.]

Additional references

Alfred, E.R. 1961. Notes on a re-examination of some Bleeker type specimens of Indo-Malayan fresh-water fishes. Part 1, Cobitidae and Homalopteridae. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 30: 32–37.
Kottelat, M. 2004. Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiinae nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Zootaxa, 401: 1–18.
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.

Links

Cobitis macracanthus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 6, 2014.
Chromobotia macracanthus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Chromobotia macracanthus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

bosanski: Klaun botia
català: Bòtia pallasso
čeština: Mřenka nádherná
dansk: Pragtsmerling
Deutsch: Prachtschmerle
English: Clown loach
eesti: Tiigerbootsia
فارسی: دلقک ماهی تیان
suomi: Tiikerinuoliainen
magyar: Öves díszcsík
Bahasa Indonesia: Ikan Gejubang
Bahasa Melayu: Ikan macan
مازِرونی: دلقک ماهی تیون
polski: Bocja wspaniała
português: Bótia palhaço
svenska: Praktbotia
ไทย: ปลาหมูอินโด