Paracanthocobitis botia

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Superfamilia: Cobitoidea

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Subfamilia: Nemacheilinae
Genus: Paracanthocobitis
Species: Paracanthocobitis botia

Name

Paracanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822)

No types known.

Type locality: Northeastern Bengal.

Etymology: etymology not explained, possibly derived from balli-potiah, an Assamese name for this species; several aquarium websites state that Botia is an “Asian” word for warrior or soldier (perhaps alluding to suborbital spine) but do not provide a source

Synonyms

Cobitis botia Hamilton, 1822
- Nemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Shrestha, 1978
- Noemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Menon, 1987
- Noemachelius botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Ataur Rahman, 1989
- Nemachilus botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Boulenger, 1893
- Nemachilus botius (Hamilton, 1822) -- Day, 1889
Cobitis arenata Valenciennes in Jacquemont, 1840
Cobites (Acoura) argentata Swainson, 1839
- Cobites argentata Swainson, 1839
Cobitis bilturio Hamilton, 1822
Cobitis bimucronata McClelland, 1839
Cobitis gibbosa McClelland, 1839
Cobitis monocera McClelland, 1839
?Botia nebulosa Blyth, 1860
Cobitis ocellata McClelland, 1839
Cobitis turio Hamilton, 1822
Canthrophrys (Somileptes) unispina Swainson, 1839
- Canthrophrys unispina Swainson, 1839
Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Kottelat, 1989
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) botia (Hamilton, 1822) -- Grant, 2008

References

Hamilton, F. 1822. An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Archibald Constable & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co. Pp. i–vii + 1–405, Pls. 1–39. BHL Reference page.

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. 1–262. ISBN 978-3-923871-47-6 Reference page.

Kottelat, M. 2012. Acanthocobitis pictilis, a new species of loach from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3327: 45–52. Preview Reference page.

Singer, R. & Page, L.M. 2015. Revision of the zipper loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with descriptions of five new species. Copeia 103(2): 378–401. DOI: 10.1643/CI-13-128 Reference page.

Paracanthocobitis botia in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Links

Scharpf, C. & Lazara, K.J. 2018. Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches). Fish Name Etymology Database, The ETYFish Project.

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