Botia almorhae

Botia almorhae

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: Botia
Species: Botia almorhae

Name

Botia almorhae Gray, 1831

Holotype (unique): BMNH 2002.9.18.1.

Type locality: Almorah [Almorha], Uttar Pradesh, northern India.

Etymology: The specific name is derived from the type location.

Synonyms

• Botia grandis Gray, 1832
• Schistura maculata McClelland, 1839
• Botia blythi Bleeker, 1863

Vernacular names

English: Almorha loach
ไทย: ปลาหมูโยโย่, ปลาหมูปากีสถาน

References

• Gray, J. E. 1831. Description of twelve new genera of fish, discovered by Gen. Hardwicke, in India, the greater part in the British Museum. Zoological Miscellany 1831: 7–9.
• 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. 
• Botia almorhae in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2025. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

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