Yasuhikotakia

Yasuhikotakia (Mekong loaches) is a genus of botiid loaches, many which are popular aquarium fish.[1] It is named in honor of Japanese collector/researcher Dr. Yasuhiko Taki. This genus has been separated from the genus Botia in the paper by Maurice Kottelat in 2004.[2]

Yasuhikotakia
Yasuhikotakia modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Botiidae
Genus: Yasuhikotakia
Nalbant, 2002
Type species
Botia modesta
Bleeker, 1864

Fishes of the genus Yasuhikotakia are found inhabiting river systems in Indochina such as the Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Mae Klong.

Species

There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[3][1] Two additional species formerly included in this genus have been moved to Ambastaia.[1]

  • Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata (Y. Taki & A. Doi, 1995)
  • Yasuhikotakia eos (Y. Taki, 1972) (Sun loach)
  • Yasuhikotakia lecontei (Fowler, 1937) (Silver loach)
  • Yasuhikotakia longidorsalis (Y. Taki & A. Doi, 1995)
  • Yasuhikotakia modesta (Bleeker, 1864) (Redtail botia)
  • Yasuhikotakia morleti (Tirant, 1885) (Skunk botia)
  • Yasuhikotakia splendida (T. R. Roberts, 1995)
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References
  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived February 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 26: 1-199.
  2. Kottelat, M. 2004. Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiine nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Zootaxa, 401: 1-18.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Yasuhikotakia in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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