Yasuhikotakia

Yasuhikotakia modesta

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: Yasuhikotakia
Species: Y. caudipunctata – Y. eos – Y. lecontei – Y. longidorsalis – Y. modesta – Y. morleti – Y. splendida

Name

Yasuhikotakia Nalbant, 2002

• Type species: Botia modesta Bleeker, 1864

• Etymology: Named in honor of Japanese collector/researcher Dr. Yasuhiko Taki, who contributed very much to the study of this group of species.

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. 
• Nalbant, T. T.; Sixty million years of evolution. Part one: family Botiidae (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Cobitoidea). Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa", 44: 309–333, Pls. 1-12.
• Yasuhikotakia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.