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Botia dario

No common name
Collection Details

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes) Cypriniformes (Carps and Minnows) Cobitidae (Loaches) Botia Botia dario

Description

This species account was compiled from FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version 04/2025.) and processed using AI-assisted text extraction. It may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, or formatting. When citing, please reference the original source rather than this page. Learn more about our species accounts.

Characters

Body shape: fusiform / normal.

Distribution

Asia: India and Bangladesh (Ref. 4832). Reported from Bhutan (Ref. 40882).

Habitat Associations

Freshwater. demersal. Found in: streams.

Biology

Occurs in clear mountain streams (Ref. 41236).
Max length: 15.1 cm TL.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2010-05-27.

Commercial or Environmental Importance

Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: commercial.

References

Rahman, A.K.A. (1989) Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh. Zoological Society of Bangladesh. Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka. 364 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
Gopalakrishnan, A. and A.G. Ponniah (2000) Cultivable, ornamental, sport and food fishes endemic to peninsular India with special reference to Western Ghats. p. 13-32. In A.G. Ponniah and A. Gopalakrishnan (eds.) Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., India. 1, 347 p.

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