Yasuhikotakia

Yasuhikotakia (Mekong loaches) is a genus of loaches, many which are popular aquarium fish. It is named in honor of Japanese collector/researcher Dr. Yasuhiko Taki. This genus has been separated from the genus Botia in the paper by Maurice Kottelat in 2004.^[1] Some future study might further place Y. sidthimunki and Y. nigrolineata in another genus.^[2]

Fishes of the genus Yasuhikotakia are found inhibiting river systems in Indochina such as Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Mae Klong.

Species

• Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata (Taki & Doi, 1995)
• Yasuhikotakia eos (Taki, 1972) (Sun loach)
• Yasuhikotakia lecontei (Fowler, 1937) (Silver loach)
• Yasuhikotakia longidorsalis (Taki & Doi, 1995)
• Yasuhikotakia modesta (Bleeker, 1864) (Redtail botia)
• Yasuhikotakia morleti (Tirant, 1885) (Skunk botia)
• Yasuhikotakia nigrolineata (Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1987)
• Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959) (Dwarf botia)
• Yasuhikotakia splendida (T. R. Roberts, 1995)

References

• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Yasuhikotakia in FishBase. August 2011 version.

1. ^ Kottelat, M. 2004. Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiine nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Zootaxa, 401: 1-18.
2. ^ Matt Clarke, "More loach splitting on the way?", Accessed 13 July 2007.