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Family: Botiidae Pointface loaches



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Ambastaia nigrolineata Asia 8 SL 1987
Ambastaia sidthimunki Dwarf botia Asia 5.5 SL 1959
Botia almorhae Almorha loach Asia 15.5 SL 1831
Botia birdi Birdi loach Asia 18.6 TL 1909
Botia dario Bengal loach Asia 15.1 TL 1822
Botia dayi Hora loach Asia 12 TL 1932
Botia histrionica Loach Asia 13 TL 1860
Botia kubotai Asia 15 NG 2004
Botia lohachata Reticulate loach Asia 15.4 TL 1912
Botia rostrata Gangetic loach Asia 25 NG 1868
Botia striata Zebra loach Asia 7.8 SL 1920
Botia udomritthiruji Asia 11.5 SL 2007
Chromobotia macracanthus Clown loach Asia 30.5 TL 1852
Leptobotia bellacauda Asia 8.8 SL 2016
Leptobotia brachycephala Asia 6.7 SL
Leptobotia citrauratea Asia 6.5 SL 1925
Leptobotia elongata Asia 50 SL 1870
Leptobotia flavolineata Asia 8.4 SL 1981
Leptobotia guilinensis Asia 12.1 TL 1980
Leptobotia hengyangensis Asia 10.3 SL 1986
Leptobotia micra Asia 5.0 SL 2017
Leptobotia microphthalma Asia 10 SL 1983
Leptobotia orientalis Asia 8 SL 1981
Leptobotia pellegrini Asia 22 TL 1936
Leptobotia posterodorsalis Asia 9 SL 1992
Leptobotia punctata Asia 7.6 SL 2008
Leptobotia rubrilabris Asia 21 SL 1872
Leptobotia taeniops Asia 22.8 TL 1878
Leptobotia tchangi Asia 11.2 SL 1936
Leptobotia tientainensis Asia 13 TL 1930
Parabotia banarescui Asia 21.4 TL 1965
Parabotia bimaculatus Asia 15.8 SL 1980
Parabotia brevirostris Asia 11.4 TL 2012
Parabotia curtus Kissing loach Asia 15 SL 1846
Parabotia dubius Asia 2001
Parabotia fasciatus Asia 18.8 SL 1872
Parabotia kiangsiensis Asia 1986
Parabotia kimluani Asia 2005
Parabotia lijiangensis Asia 1980
Parabotia maculosus Asia 20 TL 1939
Parabotia mantschuricus Manchurian spiny loach Asia 21.5 TL 1907
Parabotia parvus Asia 1980
Parabotia vancuongi Asia 2005
Sinibotia longiventralis Asia 10.6 SL 1992
Sinibotia pulchra Asia 10 TL 1939
Sinibotia reevesae Asia 9.5 SL 1944
Sinibotia robusta Asia 18 TL 1939
Sinibotia superciliaris Asia 16.4 TL 1892
Sinibotia zebra Asia 14.3 SL 1939
Syncrossus beauforti Chameleon loach Asia 25 SL 1931
Syncrossus berdmorei Blyth's loach Asia 15 NG 1860
Syncrossus helodes Tiger botia Asia 30 SL 1876
Syncrossus hymenophysa Tiger loach Asia 21 SL 1852
Syncrossus reversus Asia 10.3 SL 1989
Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata Asia 9 SL 1995
Yasuhikotakia eos Sun loach Asia 11 TL 1972
Yasuhikotakia lecontei Silver loach Asia 15 SL 1937
Yasuhikotakia longidorsalis Asia 8 SL 1995
Yasuhikotakia modesta Redtail botia Asia 25 SL 1864
Yasuhikotakia morleti Skunk botia Asia 10 TL 1885
Yasuhikotakia splendida Asia 10 SL 1995



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cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013