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Acanthocobitis botia in Bhutan
Mottled loach

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Acanthocobitis botia   (Hamilton, 1822)
Family:	Balitoridae (River loaches) , subfamily: Nemacheilinae			picture (Acbot_u0.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order:	Cypriniformes  (carps)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Mottled loach
Max. size:	11.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6351)
Environment:	demersal; pH range: 7.19999980926514; dH range: 25
Climate:	tropical; 24 - 26°C
Global Importance:	fisheries: of no interest
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Fec = 100)
Distribution:	Asia: Indus basin in Pakistan to the Mae Khlong basin in Thailand through Ganges, Chindwin, Irrawaddy, Sitang and Salween basins. Recorded also from Yunnan, China.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-17; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Distinguished from its congeners by the absence of a suborbital flap in male, the flap being replaced by a suborbital groove; lateral line reaches at least to anus (Ref. 39226).
Biology:	Inhabits clear water, swift flowing streams with rocky, pebbly and sandy bottoms (Ref. 1479)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref:	Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran. 1991. (Ref. 4832)
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Bhutan country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:  Petr, T., 1999
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Found in Sarbhang Khola (Ref. 40882).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/bt.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Rajbanshi, K.G. and I. Csavas, 1982
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	Modified:  Pablico, Grace Tolentino	Entered:  Casal, Christine Marie V.

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Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07