Botia striata

Botia striata

Taxonavigation

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 striata

Name

Botia striata Rao, 1920

• Holotype: BMNH 1919.11.19.8-12 (1 of 5).
• Paratypes: BMNH 1919.11.19.8-12 (4 of 5); ZSI F9817/1 to 9818/1 (orig. 4, now 2); CCB (2).

Type locality: Thumga [Tunga] River, Shimoga, Mysore State, Maharasthra, India.

Synonyms

• Botia striata var. kolhapurensis Kalawar & Kelkar, 1958
  • Botia striata kolhapurensis Kalawar & Kelkar, 1958

References

• 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. 
• Narayan Rao, C. R.; 1920: Some new species of cyprinoid fish from Mysore. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 9) 6 (31): 45–64, Pls. 1-2.
• Botia striata in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2023. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

English: Zebra loach