Botia

Botia striata

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: Botiidae
Genus: Botia
Species: B. almorhae – B. birdi – B. dario – B. histrionica – B. kubotai – B. lohachata – B. rostrata – B. striata – B. udomritthiruji

Name

Botia Gray, 1831

• Type species: Botia almorhae Gray, 1831, by monotypy.
• Gender: feminine

Synonyms

• Hymenphysa M'Clelland, 1839
• Diacantha Swainson, 1839
• Hymenophysa Bleeker, 1858

References

• Gray, J. E. (1831) Description of twelve new genera of fish, discovered by Gen. Hardwicke, in India, the greater part in the British Museum. Zoological Miscellany 1831: 7–9.
• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Indian loaches
ไทย: ปลาหมู, ปลาแข้วไก้

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