Yoyo loach

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Yoyo loach
Yoyo Loach.jpg
Typical aquarium specimen labelled as Botia almorhae, but these are likely a related species (see text).[1][2]
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[3]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Botiidae
Genus: Botia
Species:
B. almorhae
Binomial name
Botia almorhae
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.
  1. ^ a b c d e SeriouslyFish: Botia almorhae. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Grant, S. (2007). Fishes of the genus Botia Gray, 1831, in the Indian region (Teleostei: Botiidae). Ichthyofile 2: 1-106
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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