caudipunctata, Botia Taki [Y.] & Doi [A.] 1995:150, Fig. 3 [Japanese Journal of Ichthyology v. 42 (no. 2); ref. 21740] Mekong River at Hatsalao, near Pakse, Laos. Holotype: NSMT-P 35935. Paratypes: AMNH 97708 (3); BMNH 1995.4.24.1-5 (5); CAS 82271 (3); FMNH 105088 (3); KUFM 3075 (3); MNHN 1995-0431 to 0433 (3); NSMT-P 35936-37 (25, 6), 35938-39 (1 c&s, 6); RMNH 32666 (3); USNM 336716 (3); ZMA 121536 (3); ZRC 38693 (3). Grant 2001:5 [ref. 28264] wrongly regards MNHN 1995-0432 as the lectotype. •Valid as Botia caudipunctata Taki & Doi 1995 -- (Doi 1997:15 [ref. 22832], Kottelat 1998:96 [ref. 23436], Kottelat 2001:88 [ref. 25780], Grant 2001:5 [ref. 28264]). •Valid as Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata Taki & Doi 1995 -- (Nalbant 2002:317 [ref. 27361], Kottelat 2004:14 [ref. 27360], Kottelat 2012:20 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:175 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:45 [ref. 33971], Fu et al. 2021:9567 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:198 [ref. 39830]). Current status: Valid as Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata (Taki & Doi 1995). Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong River basin, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. Habitat: freshwater.