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Yasuhikotakia
Sign in to saveYasuhikotakia (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.
Species
Skunk Loach
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCobitidae
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
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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.
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