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Acanthocobitis botia in Nepal
Mottled loach

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Acanthocobitis botia   (Hamilton, 1822)
Family:	Balitoridae (River loaches) , subfamily: Nemacheilinae			picture (Acbot_u2.jpg) by Greco, F.M.
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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Nepal country information
Common names:	Sand loach		Ref:  Shrestha, T.K., 1990
Status:	native		Ref:  Shrestha, T.K., 2002
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	live export: ornamental
Comments:	Widespread in the tributaries of Gandaki, Koshi and Karnali, preferring rocky pools of rhithron streams (Ref. 57735). Used in folk medicine and as ornamental fish by Buddhists (Ref. 12045). Also Ref. 40948.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/np.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Shrestha, T.K., 1990
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	Modified:  Torres, Armi G.	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

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