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The dwarf loach, ladderback loach, pygmy loach, chain loach or chain botia [3] (Ambastaia sidthimunki) [4] is a freshwater fish belonging to the family Botiidae.Formerly included in the genus Yasuhikotakia, it is frequently seen in the aquarium trade, the product of captive breeding.
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.
The species in this genus were formerly included in Yasuhikotakia. Species There ... Ambastaia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959) (Dwarf botia) References
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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]
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