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Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822)

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

  • Bilturi , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • বিলচুরি , Bengali , Bangladesh
  • Mřenka skvrnkovaná , Czech , Czechia
  • Mottled loach , English , USA
  • Mottled loach , English , Global
  • Sand loach , English , Nepal
  • Striped loach , English , USA
  • Kiilanuoliainen , Finnish , Finland
  • Kirjonuoliainen , Finnish , Finland
  • Augenfleck-Ceylonschmerle , German , Germany
  • Chitai , Hindi , India
  • Gadera , Hindi , India
  • गदीरा , Hindi , India
  • चिटाइ , Hindi , India
  • 沙条鳅 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 沙條鰍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 沙棘鰍 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 沙棘鳅 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Chikli , Marathi , India
  • Baghe , Nepali , Nepal
  • Pate gadela , Nepali , Nepal

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Cypriniformes

    Family: Nemacheilidae

    Genus: Acanthocobitis

    Species: Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • 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