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Common member of the family Botiidae
 
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Etymology Dervied from the regional Asian word botia, meaning "warrior" or "soldier".
Distribution India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, China, Indonesia
Size Smallest 55mm, largest 500mm, average 162mm, most commonly 150mm. All SL.
Subfamilies There are 2 subfamilies in the database
Species There are 32 "species" in 27 genera in the database
Keepers 1 species (3.1%) are being kept by registered keepers
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2.Botiinae80 species(250%)
2.Leptobotiinae46 species(144%)
Hop to next section Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Chromobotia 1 species(8 keepers)
2.Botia 7 species(0 keepers)
3.Yasuhikotakia 6 species(0 keepers)
4.Leptobotia 7 species(0 keepers)
5.Parabotia 1 species(0 keepers)
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1.
Chromobotia macracanthusChromobotia macracanthus
(100%)
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(Alphabetic | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.
Botia darioBotia dario
(i:6, k:0, b:0)
2.Botia almorhae(i:0, k:0, b:0)
3.
Chromobotia macracanthusChromobotia macracanthus
(i:6, k:8, b:0)
4.Botia histrionica(i:0, k:0, b:0)
5.
Yasuhikotakia modestaYasuhikotakia modesta
(i:6, k:0, b:0)
6.
Botia rostrataBotia rostrata
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
7.
Leptobotia elongataLeptobotia elongata
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
8.
Leptobotia rubrilabrisLeptobotia rubrilabris
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
9.
Parabotia fasciatusParabotia fasciatus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
10.
Syncrossus helodesSyncrossus helodes
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
11.
Leptobotia taeniopsLeptobotia taeniops
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
12.
Yasuhikotakia morletiYasuhikotakia morleti
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
13.Sinibotia superciliaris(i:0, k:0, b:0)
14.Botia lohachata(i:0, k:0, b:0)
15.
Botia striataBotia striata
(i:5, k:0, b:0)
16.
Leptobotia tientainensisLeptobotia tientainensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
17.
Syncrossus beaufortiSyncrossus beauforti
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
18.
Leptobotia pellegriniLeptobotia pellegrini
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
19.
Yasuhikotakia leconteiYasuhikotakia lecontei
(i:6, k:0, b:0)
20.
Parabotia maculosusParabotia maculosus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
21.
Sinibotia pulchraSinibotia pulchra
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
22.
Sinibotia robustaSinibotia robusta
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
23.
Ambastaia sidthimunkiAmbastaia sidthimunki
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
24.
Parabotia banarescuiParabotia banarescui
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
25.
Yasuhikotakia eosYasuhikotakia eos
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
26.
Leptobotia guilinensisLeptobotia guilinensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
27.
Parabotia lijiangensisParabotia lijiangensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
28.
Leptobotia hengyangensisLeptobotia hengyangensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
29.
Ambastaia nigrolineataAmbastaia nigrolineata
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
30.
Yasuhikotakia caudipunctataYasuhikotakia caudipunctata
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
31.
Yasuhikotakia splendidaYasuhikotakia splendida
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
32.Botia kubotai(i:0, k:0, b:0)