Chromobotia macracanthus

Chromobotia macracanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

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 Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Botiidae
Genus: Chromobotia
Species: Chromobotia macracanthus

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Chromobotia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)

Lectotype: RMNH 7058. Paralectotypes and/or Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1866.5.2.71 (1); RMNH 9111 (1), 17439 [ex RMNH 7058] (25); MNHN 000-1388 (1) Borneo, 0000-5708 (1) Sumatra; NMV A2062 (3); SMNS 10600 (1).

Type catalogs: Bertin & Estève 1948:91, Fricke 1991:12, Fricke 2005:29.

Type locality: Palembang, River Kwanten, western Sumatra, Indonesia.

Synonyms

• Cobitis macracanthus Bleeker, 1852
• Botia macracantha (Bleeker, 1852)
• Botia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)

References

Primary references

• Bleeker, P. 1852. Diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Tiental I–IV. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 3: 569–608. Reference page. 
• Bertin, L. & Estève, R. 1948. Catalogue des types de poissons du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 5e partie. Ostariophysaires (Siluriformes). Imp. Nationale, Paris. 4e partie: 1–117. Reference page.  [See page 91.]
• Fricke, R. 1991. Types and historical materials in the fish collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Part 1. The Bleeker collection. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) No. 471: 1–85. Reference page.  [See page 12.]
• Fricke, R. 2005. Types in the fish collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, described in 1845–2004. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) No. 684: 1–95. PDF. Reference page.  [See page 29.]

Additional references

• Alfred, E.R. 1961. Notes on a re-examination of some Bleeker type specimens of Indo-Malayan fresh-water fishes. Part 1, Cobitidae and Homalopteridae. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 30: 32–37.
• Kottelat, M. 2004. Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiinae nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Zootaxa, 401: 1–18.
• Kottelat, M. 2012. Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 26(Supplement 26): 1–199. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Cobitis macracanthus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on September 6, 2014.
• Chromobotia macracanthus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Chromobotia macracanthus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

bosanski: Klaun botia
català: Bòtia pallasso
čeština: Mřenka nádherná
dansk: Pragtsmerling
Deutsch: Prachtschmerle
English: Clown loach
eesti: Tiigerbootsia
فارسی: دلقک ماهی تیان
suomi: Tiikerinuoliainen
magyar: Öves díszcsík
Bahasa Indonesia: Ikan Gejubang
Bahasa Melayu: Ikan macan
مازِرونی: دلقک ماهی تیون
polski: Bocja wspaniała
português: Bótia palhaço
svenska: Praktbotia
ไทย: ปลาหมูอินโด

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