Yoyo loach
Yoyo loach | |
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Typical aquarium specimen labelled as Botia almorhae, but these are likely a related species (see text).[1][2] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Botiidae |
Genus: | Botia |
Species: | B. almorhae
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Binomial name | |
Botia almorhae J. E. Gray, 1831
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Synonyms | |
Botia grandi Gray, 1832[4] |
The yoyo loach, Almora loach or Pakistani loach (Botia almorhae) is a freshwater fish belonging to the loach family Botiidae. It originates in the slow-running and still waters of the Ganges basin in northern India and possibly Nepal.[1][2] Despite the alternative common name Pakistani loach, the true B. almorhae is not known from Pakistan (the species in this country is ).[1][2]
It may attain a length of 14–16 cm (5.5–6.3 in), and is named for its dark and pale patterns, which often can be seen to spell "yoyo" (especially in smaller/younger specimens), hence the common name yoyo loach.[1] The final common name, Almora loach, refers to Almora in Uttarakhand, India.[4] Specimens labelled as B. almorhae are commonly found in the aquarium trade, but most (if not all) of these appear to be the closely related , two possibly undescribed species popularly referred to as B. sp. "Kosi" and B. sp. "Teesta", or hybrids.[1][2]
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References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Botia almorhae" in FishBase. 09 2014 version.
- "Botia almorhae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 June 2006.
- ^ a b c d e SeriouslyFish: Botia almorhae. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d Grant, S. (2007). Fishes of the genus Botia Gray, 1831, in the Indian region (Teleostei: Botiidae). Ichthyofile 2: 1-106
- ^ Chaudhry, S. (2010). "Botia almorhae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T168483A6500554. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168483A6500554.en. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Botiidae
- Fish of India
- Fish described in 1831
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray