Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 17; Anal soft rays: 8. Distinguished from its congeners by the absence of a suborbital flap in male, the flap being replaced by a suborbital groove; lateral line reaches at least to anus (Ref. 39226).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Nemacheilidae

Genus: Acanthocobitis

Species: Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822)

Climate Zone

Location

• Asia: Indus basin in Pakistan to the Mae Khlong basin in Thailand through Ganges, Chindwin, Irrawaddy, Sitang and Salween basins. Recorded also from Yunnan, China.

Biology

Adults inhabit clear water, swift flowing streams with rocky, pebbly and sandy bottoms (Ref. 1479).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless