Ambastaia
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Taxonavigation: Cypriniformes |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Subordo:Cobitoidei
Familia: Botiidae
Genus: Ambastaia
Species:
A. nigrolineata –
A. sidthimunki
Name[edit]
Ambastaia Kottelat, 2012
- Type species: Botia nigrolineata Kottelat & Chu, 1987 = Ambastaia nigrolineata
Etymology: Named after the Ambastai (or Ambastus in Latin), a river in Ptolemy’s (ca. 90–168) Geographikê Hyphêgêsis, Geography). This river has been identified as the Mekong.
References[edit]
- 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.