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Botia  Gray, 1831
Taxonomic Serial No.: 638919

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Hymenophysa McClelland, 1839
  
    Hymenphysa McClelland, 1839
  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderCypriniformes  – cyprins, meuniers, minnows, suckers  
                               SuperfamilyCobitoidea   
                                  FamilyCobitidae  – loaches, lochas, loches  
                                     SubfamilyBotiinae   
                                        GenusBotia Gray, 1831  
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                                           SpeciesBotia almorhae Gray, 1831  
                                           SpeciesBotia birdi Chaudhuri, 1909  
                                           SpeciesBotia dario (Hamilton, 1822) – Bengal loach 
                                           SpeciesBotia dayi Hora, 1932  
                                           SpeciesBotia histrionica Blyth, 1860  
                                           SpeciesBotia javedi Mirza and Syed, 1995  
                                           SpeciesBotia kubotai Kottelat, 2004  
                                           SpeciesBotia lohachata Chaudhuri, 1912 – Pakistani loach, reticulate loach 
                                           SpeciesBotia macrolineata Teugels, De Vos and Snoeks, 1986  
                                           SpeciesBotia modesta Bleeker, 1865 – orangefin loach 
                                           SpeciesBotia rostrata Günther, 1868  
                                           SpeciesBotia striata Narayan Rao, 1920 – zebra loach 
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005, website (version 05-Apr-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Botia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Botia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
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  Reference for: Botia   
       

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