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Common member of the family Botiidae
 
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Etymology Dervied from the regional Asian word botia, meaning "warrior" or "soldier".
Size Smallest 55mm, largest 500mm, average 162mm, most commonly 100mm. All SL.
Subfamilies There are 2 subfamilies in the database
Species There are 32 "species" in 8 genera in the database
Keepers 7 species (21%) are being kept by registered keepers
Distribution India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, China, Indonesia

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Hop to next section Subfamilies in Botiidae (by species)
2.Botiinae20 species(63%)
2.Leptobotiinae8 species(25%)
Hop to next section Top Five Genera (by keepers)
1.Chromobotia1 species(8 keepers)
2.Botia6 species(6 keepers)
3.Yasuhikotakia6 species(5 keepers)
4.Ambastaia2 species(0 keepers)
5.Leptobotia7 species(0 keepers)
Hop to next section Most Kept Species
1.
Chromobotia macracanthusChromobotia macracanthus
(42.11%)
2.
Yasuhikotakia morletiYasuhikotakia morleti
(21.05%)
3.
Botia striataBotia striata
(10.53%)
4.Botia histrionica(10.53%)
5.
Yasuhikotakia modestaYasuhikotakia modesta
(5.26%)
6.Botia kubotai(5.26%)
7.
Botia darioBotia dario
(5.26%)
Hop to next section Alphabetic Species List
(Chronological | Most Kept | Most Bred)
1.
Ambastaia nigrolineataAmbastaia nigrolineata
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
2.
Ambastaia sidthimunkiAmbastaia sidthimunki
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
3.Botia almorhae(i:0, k:0, b:0)
4.
Botia darioBotia dario
(i:6, k:1, b:0)
5.Botia histrionica(i:0, k:2, b:0)
6.Botia kubotai(i:0, k:1, b:0)
7.Botia lohachata(i:0, k:0, b:0)
8.
Botia rostrataBotia rostrata
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
9.
Botia striataBotia striata
(i:5, k:2, b:0)
10.
Chromobotia macracanthusChromobotia macracanthus
(i:6, k:8, b:0)
11.
Leptobotia elongataLeptobotia elongata
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
12.
Leptobotia guilinensisLeptobotia guilinensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
13.
Leptobotia hengyangensisLeptobotia hengyangensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
14.
Leptobotia pellegriniLeptobotia pellegrini
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
15.
Leptobotia rubrilabrisLeptobotia rubrilabris
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
16.
Leptobotia taeniopsLeptobotia taeniops
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
17.
Leptobotia tientainensisLeptobotia tientainensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
18.
Parabotia banarescuiParabotia banarescui
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
19.
Parabotia fasciatusParabotia fasciatus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
20.
Parabotia lijiangensisParabotia lijiangensis
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
21.
Parabotia maculosusParabotia maculosus
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
22.
Sinibotia pulchraSinibotia pulchra
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
23.
Sinibotia robustaSinibotia robusta
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
24.Sinibotia superciliaris(i:0, k:0, b:0)
25.
Syncrossus beaufortiSyncrossus beauforti
(i:2, k:0, b:0)
26.
Syncrossus helodesSyncrossus helodes
(i:4, k:0, b:0)
27.
Yasuhikotakia caudipunctataYasuhikotakia caudipunctata
(i:1, k:0, b:0)
28.
Yasuhikotakia eosYasuhikotakia eos
(i:3, k:0, b:0)
29.
Yasuhikotakia leconteiYasuhikotakia lecontei
(i:6, k:0, b:0)
30.
Yasuhikotakia modestaYasuhikotakia modesta
(i:6, k:1, b:0)
31.
Yasuhikotakia morletiYasuhikotakia morleti
(i:4, k:4, b:0)
32.
Yasuhikotakia splendidaYasuhikotakia splendida
(i:2, k:0, b:0)