Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCobitidae
Habitatfreshwater
(Figs. 1-3) Diagnosis. Botia udomritthiruji can be distinguished from congeners by its color pattern, which includes five dark vertical bars on the body, with the central portion of these bars paler than its edges; with increasing age, the edges of these bars become more irregular and darker, and irregular dark spots on the pale interspaces begin to form, sometimes fusing with the edges of the vertical bars. It can be further distinguished from congeners in having a unique combination of: body depth 23.4-27.7% SL (vs. 18.9-22.3 in B. almorhae and 19.7-24.0 in B. kubotai ), caudal peduncle depth 15.9-18.7% SL (vs. 11.1-14.5 in B. dario ), and 12 dorsal-fin rays (vs. 13-14 in B. kubotai ). Description. Morphometric values as given in Table 1. Overall morphology as in Fig.1. Head and body strongly compressed. Head in lateral view acutely triangular, with gently convex dorsal and ventral margins. Eye ovoid, horizontal axis longest; located on dorsal half of head. Gill openings restricted, extending from just below posttemporal to just anterior to base of first pectoral-fin ray. Slit for erectile suborbital spine extending from vertical through one third distance between posterior margi
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