Acanthocobitis botia
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Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Cypriniformes (Carps and Minnows)
Nemacheilidae (Stone Loaches)
Acanthocobitis
Acanthocobitis botia
Description
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Characters
Body shape: elongated. 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).
Distribution
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.
Habitat Associations
Freshwater. demersal. Found in: streams.
Biology
Adults inhabit clear water, swift flowing streams with rocky, pebbly and sandy bottoms (Ref. 1479).
Max length: 14.9 cm TL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (brood hiders). About 100-150 eggs.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2007-03-01. Resilience: Medium (Fec = 100).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Rahman, A.K.A. (1989) Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh. Zoological Society of Bangladesh. Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka. 364 p.
Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl (1985) Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Germany. 1216 p.
Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran (1991) Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. vol 1. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. i-liv + 1-541, 1 map
Kottelat, M. (1990) Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, Germany. 262 p.
Patiyal, R.S. and J.I. Mir (2017) Length-weight relationships of 21 fish species from the upland Ganga River Basin tributaries of Central Indian Himalaya. J. Appl. Ichthyol. 33:861-863.
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