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Yasuhikotakia (Mekong loaches) is a genus of botiid 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.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Yasuhikotakia is referenced by 10 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Chordata and Wikidata.

Vinony files it under Botiidae, Freshwater fish genera and Taxa named by Teodor T. Nalbant.

Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Skunk Loach

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCypriniformes
  5. FamilyCobitidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations17
Observations recorded582

Yasuhikotakia is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de modderkruipers (Cobitidae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
4
With media
4
Family
Cobitidae
Collections
TCWC, UMMZ, UF
Recorded in
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Botiidae
Image
Yasuhikotakia modesta.jpg
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taxon name
Yasuhikotakia
taxon rank
genus
taxonomic type
Yasuhikotakia modesta
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Yasuhikotakia (Mekong loaches) is a genus of botiid 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.

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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yasuhikotakia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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