Paracanthocobitis botia

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: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracanthocobitis
Species: Paracanthocobitis botia

Name

Paracanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822)

No types known.

Type locality: Northeastern Bengal.

Etymology: etymology not explained, possibly derived from balli-potiah, an Assamese name for this species; several aquarium websites state that Botia is an “Asian” word for warrior or soldier (perhaps alluding to suborbital spine) but do not provide a source

Synonyms

• Cobitis botia Hamilton, 1822
  • Nemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Shrestha, 1978
  • Noemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Menon, 1987
  • Noemachelius botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Ataur Rahman, 1989
  • Nemachilus botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Boulenger, 1893
  • Nemachilus botius (Hamilton, 1822) -- Day, 1889
• Cobitis arenata Valenciennes in Jacquemont, 1840
• Cobites (Acoura) argentata Swainson, 1839
  • Cobites argentata Swainson, 1839
• Cobitis bilturio Hamilton, 1822
• Cobitis bimucronata McClelland, 1839
• Cobitis gibbosa McClelland, 1839
• Cobitis monocera McClelland, 1839
• ?Botia nebulosa Blyth, 1860
• Cobitis ocellata McClelland, 1839
• Cobitis turio Hamilton, 1822
• Canthrophrys (Somileptes) unispina Swainson, 1839
  • Canthrophrys unispina Swainson, 1839
• Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Kottelat, 1989
• Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Grant, 2008

References

• Hamilton, F. 1822. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches. Archibald Constable & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co. Pp. i–vii + 1–405, Pls. 1–39. BHL Reference page. 
• Kottelat, M. 1990. Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. 1–262. ISBN 978-3-923871-47-6 Reference page. 
• Kottelat, M. 2012. Acanthocobitis pictilis, a new species of loach from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3327: 45–52. Preview Reference page. 
• Singer, R. & Page, L.M. 2015. Revision of the zipper loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with descriptions of five new species. Copeia 103(2): 378–401. DOI: 10.1643/CI-13-128 Reference page. 
• Paracanthocobitis botia in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Links

• Scharpf, C. & Lazara, K.J. 2018. Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches). Fish Name Etymology Database, The ETYFish Project.