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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 B. lohachata, two possibly undescribed species popularly referred to as B. sp. "Kosi" and B. sp. "Teesta", or hybrids. [1] [2]
Botiidae, the pointface loaches, is a family of cypriniform ray-finned fishes from South, Southeast, and East Asia. Until recently they were placed in the true loach family Cobitidae , until Maurice Kottelat revised the loaches and re-elevated this taxon to family rank in 2012. [ 2 ]
The blue botia has a long, compact body and arched back similar to many other members of the family Botiidae including clown and yoyo loaches. Wild specimens have been found up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) but those in captivity rarely grow larger than 18 centimetres (7.1 in).
Yoyo loach: Botia almorhae: 15 cm (5.9 in) Zebra loach: Botia striata: 9 cm (3.5 in) Redtail loach: Yasuhikotakia modesta: 25 cm (9.8 in) Skunk loach: Yasuhikotakia morleti: 10 cm (3.9 in) Formerly named Botia morleti: Yasuhikotakia splendida: 10 cm (3.9 in) Banded tiger loach: Syncrossus helodes: 30 cm (12 in) Redfin tiger loach: Syncrossus ...
Botia (Indian loaches) is a genus of freshwater fish in the loach family . It was a large genus with about 20 species. It was a large genus with about 20 species. In 2004 Maurice Kottelat proposed in his paper (along with the description of Botia kubotai , see References below) to divide the genus into four related genera based on fish ...
Horseface loaches are not picky eaters, but live food (such as tubifex) is relished. The horseface loach is most active at night and mostly keeps to itself. It attains a maximum size of 30 centimetres (12 in) in length, but is considered mature from 6 centimetres (2.4 in). As of 1997, it had not been bred in captivity.
Dotted loach (Nemacheilus semiarmatus) Zodiac loach (Nemacheilus triangularis) Neonoemacheilus labeosus; Angora loach (Oxynoemacheilus angorae) Two spot loach (Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma) Kura sportive loach (Oxynoemacheilus bergianus) Kura loach (Oxynoemacheilus brandtii) Oxynoemacheilus bureschi; Banded Kura loach (Oxynoemacheilus cyri)
It is a small loach, growing between 7.3 to 15.4 cm (2.9 to 6.1 in) TL. [7] The diet and behaviors of the large-scaled loach are just about the same as other true loaches. This loach is an omnivorous scavenging bottom feeder, and is equipped with three pairs of barbels used to detect edible items. They are able to breathe atmospheric oxygen ...