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Species in the genus Botia: [ 20 ] records

almorhae, Botia Gray [J. E.] 1831:8 [Zoological Miscellany 1831; ref. 1879] Almorah [Almorha], Uttar Pradesh, northern India. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2002.9.18.1. •Valid as Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Shrestha 1978:37 [ref. 15970], Menon 1992:32 [ref. 23970], Kullander et al. 1999:137 [ref. 23689], Menon 1999:155 [ref. 24904], Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662], Nalbant 2002:318 [ref. 27361], Mirza 2003:12 [ref. 27265], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Ng 2007:42 [ref. 29316], Grant 2007:25 [ref. 29922], Shrestha 2008:142 [ref. 29923], Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367], Gurung et al. 2013:4883 [ref. 32969], Bleher 2018:270 [ref. 36647], Limbu et al. 2026:30 [ref. 42945]). Current status: Valid as Botia almorhae Gray 1831. Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: South Asia: Himalaya Foothills (Pakistan, India, Bhutan and Nepal). Habitat: freshwater.

birdi, Botia Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1910:339 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 3 (pt 4) (art. 26) (for Dec. 1909); ref. 14432] Rupar, where the Sirhind Canal diverges from the Sutlej, Punjab, India. Syntypes: ZSI F3578/1 to 3580/1 (3). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:120 [ref. 20743]. •Valid as Botia birdi Chaudhuri 1910 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:536 [ref. 20764], Menon 1992:36 [ref. 23970], Kullander et al. 1999:135 [ref. 23689], Menon 1999:156 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:324 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662], Rafique et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:13 [ref. 27265], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Ng 2007:47 [ref. 29316], Grant 2007:31 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367], Bleher 2018:272 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Botia birdi Chaudhuri 1910. Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: Indus River drainage, Pakistan and India. Habitat: freshwater.

blythi, Botia Bleeker [P.] 1863:39 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 15; ref. 400] Almorah, Uttarakhand, India. Syntypes: BMNH 2002.9.18.1 (1). Based on Schistura grandis of McClelland and Syncrossus grandis of Blyth, which are not Botia grandis Gray 1832. See Grant 2007:21 [ref. 29922] for remarks on the type locality. See Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367]. •Nomen dubium in Botia -- (Grant 2007:21 [ref. 29922]). •Synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831. Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

dario, Cobitis Hamilton [F.] 1822:354, 394, Pl. 29 (fig. 95) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Dumdumma, Bengal, India. No types known. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:46 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 220 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Botia dario (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:154 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:537 [ref. 20764], Menon 1992:39 [ref. 23970], Sen 1995:556 [ref. 23778], Menon 1999:157 [ref. 24904], Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662], Nalbant 2002:318 [ref. 27361], Ataur Rahman 2003:173 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Ng 2007:42 [ref. 29316], Grant 2007:9 [ref. 29922], Shrestha 2008:142 [ref. 29923], Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Gurung et al. 2013:4883 [ref. 32969], Bohlen et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34628], Bleher 2018:274 [ref. 36647], Limbu et al. 2026:31 [ref. 42945]). Current status: Valid as Botia dario (Hamilton 1822). Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: South Asia: upper Brahmaputra basin (Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and India). Habitat: freshwater.

dayi, Botia Hora [S. L.] 1932:571 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 34 (pt 4); ref. 16376] Mahananda [at Siliguri, at base of Darjiling [Darjeeing]], Himalayas, West Bengal, India. Holotype: ZSI F11299/1. Paratypes: (6) ZSI F113000/1 (2). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:120 [ref. 20743]. See Das 2003:352 [ref. 27706]. See Grant 2007:20 [ref. 29922] for locality information with probable correction to the Mahananda River [locality changed 2/10/14].. •Synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Menon 1992:33 [ref. 23970]). •Valid as Botia dayi Hora 1932 -- (Ataur Rahman 1989:156 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:538 [ref. 20764], Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662], Nalbant 2002:318 [ref. 27361] dated 1930, Ataur Rahman 2003:175 [ref. 31338], Bleher 2018:281 [ref. 36647]). •Questionably a synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360]). •Synonym of Botia rostrata Günther 1868 -- (Grant 2007:13, 18 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Botia rostrata Günther 1868. Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

flavicauda, Canthophrys (Diacantha) Swainson [W.] 1839:310 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] •Objective synonym of Botia dario (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1992:39 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:157 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Botia dario (Hamilton 1822). Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

geto, Cobitis Hamilton [F.] 1822:355, 394, Pl. 11 (fig. 96) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Brahmaputra River, at Gualpara [Goalpara], Assam, India. No types known. Simultaneous synonym of Cobitis dario Hamilton 1822 selected by Günther 1868:366. Information on type locality see Britz 2019:46 [ref. 37532]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 222 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Botia geto (Hamilton 1822) -- (Nalbant 2002:318 [ref. 27361], Shrestha 2008:142 [ref. 29923], Bleher 2018:276 [ref. 36647], Adhikari et al. 2021:28 [ref. 42603]). •Synonym of Botia dario (Hamilton 1822) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:537 [ref. 20764], Menon 1992:39 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:157 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:173 [ref. 31338], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Grant 2007:9 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Botia dario (Hamilton 1822). Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

grandis, Botia Gray [J. E.] 1832:no page number, Pl. 94 (fig. 3) [Illustrations of Indian zoology; ref. 1878] Almorah [Almorha], Uttar Pradesh, northern India. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2002.9.18.1. Published about 14 Apr. 1832. Based on the holotype specimen of Botia almorhae. •Objective synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Menon 1992:32 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:155 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Grant 2007:25 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831. Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

histrionica, Botia Blyth [E.] 1860:166 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Pegu, Tenasserim, Myanmar. Holotype: ZSI F2634/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:120 [ref. 20743]. •Valid as Botia histrionica Blyth 1860 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:539 [ref. 20764], Menon 1992:41 [ref. 23970], Sen 1995:557 [ref. 23778], Zhu 1995:122 [ref. 25213], Doi 1997:15 [ref. 22832], Chen & Zhang in Chen 1998:87 [ref. 23556], Menon 1999:158 [ref. 24904], Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662], Nalbant 2002:318 [ref. 27361], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Ng 2007:47 [ref. 29316], Grant 2007:34 [ref. 29922] with several forms, Shrestha 2008:143 [ref. 29923], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:174 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:154 [ref. 34477], Bohlen et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34628], Bleher 2018:278 [ref. 36647], Chen et al. 2025:23 [ref. 42997]). Current status: Valid as Botia histrionica Blyth 1860. Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: South Asia and Southeast Asia: Chindwin and Salween River basins (Nepal, India, Myanmar and Yunnan/China). IUCN (2020): Least Concern. Habitat: freshwater.

javedi, Botia Mirza [M. R.] & Syed [S.] 1995:378, Fig. [Pakistan Journal of Zoology v. 27 (no. 4); ref. 22584] Michni, 34°11'N, 71°28'E, about 24 kilometers north of Peshawar, Kabul River drainage, Pakistan. Holotype (unique): GCM (NH) 17 F. •Valid as Botia javedi Mirza & Syed 1995 -- (Mirza 2003:13 [ref. 27265]). •Questionably a synonym of Botia birdi Chaudhuri 1910 -- (Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360]). •Synonym of Botia birdi Chaudhuri 1909 -- (Kullander et al. 1999:135 [ref. 23689], Grant 2007:31, 32 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Botia birdi Chaudhuri 1910. Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

kolhapurensis, Botia striata var. Kalawar [A. G.] & Kelkar [C. N.] 1956:677 [Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society v. 53 (pt 4); ref. 22854] Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. Syntypes: 6750 specimens (not found). Types are no longer traceqaable -- Grant 2007:13 [ref. 29922]. •Synonym of Botia striata Narayan Rao 1920 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:541 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:158 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Grant 2007:13 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Botia striata Narayan Rao 1920. Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

kubotai, Botia Kottelat [M.] 2004:2, Fig. 1 [Zootaxa No. 401; ref. 27360] About 20 kilometers northwest of Payathouzu (at border with Thailand), about 15°25'N, 98°15'E, between Kyondaw and Phadae, "Chon Son" stream, Kayin [Karen] State, Myanmar. Holotype: MHNG 2644.24. Paratypes: CMK 17774 (10), 17829 (3), 17943 (215); MHNG 2644.25 (10); NRM 49891 (10); ZRC 47858 (3), 49125 (10). •Valid as Botia kubotai Kottelat 2004 -- (Ng 2007:42, 47 [ref. 29316], Grant 2007:38 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:124 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2013:173 [ref. 32989], Chen et al. 2025:26 [ref. 42997]). Current status: Valid as Botia kubotai Kottelat 2004. Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: headwaters of Ataran basin, Salween River system (Myanmar, Yunnan/China and Thailand). Habitat: freshwater.

lohachata, Botia Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1912:441, Pl. 40 (figs. 2, 2a-b) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 7 (pt. 5) (art. 35); ref. 14837] Gandak [Sandak] River at Saran, Bihar, India. Holotype (unique): ZSI F 8068/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:120 [ref. 20743]. •Synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Menon 1992:32 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:155 [ref. 24904]). •Questionably a synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360]). •Synonym of Botia histrionica Blyth 1860 -- (Kottelat 2013:174 [ref. 32989] with question). •Valid as Botia lohachata Chaudhuri 1912 -- (Shrestha 1978:37 [ref. 15970], Ataur Rahman 1989:155 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:539 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:557 [ref. 23778], Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662], Nalbant 2002:318 [ref. 27361], Mirza 2003:13 [ref. 27265], Ataur Rahman 2003:174 [ref. 31338], Grant 2007:28 [ref. 29922], Shrestha 2008:143 [ref. 29923], Conway et al. 2011:1755 [ref. 31594], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367], Bohlen et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34628], Bleher 2018:280 [ref. 36647], Adhikari et al. 2021:28 [ref. 42603], Limbu et al. 2026:32 [ref. 42945]). Current status: Valid as Botia lohachata Chaudhuri 1912. Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: South Asia: Northern Himalaya Foothills (India, Nepal and Bangladesh). Record from Myanmar needs verification. Habitat: freshwater.

macrolineata, Botia Teugels [G. G.], De Vos [L. D. G.] & Snoeks [J.] 1986:188, Figs. 1-3 [Cybium v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 6761] About 100 kilometers from Mumbai, India. Holotype: IRSNB 701. Paratypes: MNHN 1984-0344 (2). Type catalog: Walschaerts 1987:14 [ref. 20755]. •Valid as Botia macrolineata Teugels, De Vos & Snoeks 1986 -- (Menon 1999:158 [ref. 24904], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Bleher 2018:275 [ref. 36647]). •Synonym of Botia dario (Hamilton 1822) -- (Ng 2007:46 [ref. 29316], Grant 2007:9 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Botia dario (Hamilton 1822). Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: India [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.

maculata, Schistura McClelland [J.] 1839:307 [Asiatic Researches v. 19 (pt 2); ref. 2923] Almorah [Almorha], Uttar Pradesh, northern India. Holotype (unique): BMNH 2002.9.18.1. Unnecessary replacement name for Botia grandis Gray 1832. •Synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367]). Replacement Name. Current status: Synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831. Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

nebulosa, Botia Blyth [E.] 1860:165 [Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2); ref. 477] Darjeeling, India. Holotype (unique): ?ZSI F2637/1. Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:120 [ref. 20743]. See Grant 2007:18-20 [ref. 29922] discusses the placement of this species in Botia and as a possible senior synonym of Botia rostrata Günther 1868. •Synonym of Nemacheilus botia (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1987:141 [ref. 14149] as Noemacheilus, Talwar & Jhingran 1991:472 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:180 [ref. 24904] as Noemacheilus). •Synonym of Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton 1822) -- (Kottelat 1990:28 [ref. 14137]). •In genus Botia and possibly the same as Botia rostrata Günther 1868 -- (Grant 2007:20 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367]). •Valid as Botia nebulosa Blyth 1860 -- (Bleher 2018:282 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Uncertain. Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.

rostrata, Botia Günther [A.] 1868:367, Fig. [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 7; ref. 1990] Bengal, India. Syntypes: BMNH 1855.12.26.694 (1), 1860.3.19.114 (1). See Grant 2007:17 [ref. 29922] for identification of the syntypes and nomenclatural consequences. •Synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Menon 1992:32 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:155 [ref. 24904]). •Questionably a synonym of Botia almorhae Gray 1831 -- (Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360]). •Valid as Botia rostrata Günther 1868 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:540 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:557 [ref. 23778], Zhu 1995:122 [ref. 25213], Doi 1997:16 [ref. 22832], Karmakar 2000:31 [ref. 25662], Nalbant 2002:318 [ref. 27361], Ng 2007:46 [ref. 29316], Grant 2007:16 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367], Bleher 2018:284 [ref. 36647]). •Synonym of Botia histrionica Blyth 1860 -- (Zhang et al. 2016:154 [ref. 34477]). Current status: Valid as Botia rostrata Günther 1868. Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: Khasi Hills, northeastern India. Habitat: freshwater.

striata, Botia Narayan Rao [C. R.] 1920:60, Pl. 2 (figs. 4, 4a-b) [Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 6 (no. 31) (art. 2); ref. 15244] Thumga [Tunga] River, Shimoga, Mysore State, India. Holotype: BMNH 1919.11.19.8-12 (1 of 5). Paratypes: BMNH 1919.11.19.8-12 (4 of 5), ZSI F9817/1 to 9818/1 (orig. 4, now 2); CCB (2). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:121 [ref. 20743]. •Valid as Botia striata Narayan Rao 1920 -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:541 [ref. 20764], Menon 1992:44 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:158 [ref. 24904], Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661], Nalbant 2002:318 [ref. 27361], Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Yadav 2003:18 [ref. 27711] with author as Rao, Grant 2007:13 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367], Bohlen et al. 2016:17 [ref. 34628], Bleher 2018:286 [ref. 36647]). Current status: Valid as Botia striata Narayan Rao 1920. Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: Krishna River system, Western Ghats, India. Habitat: freshwater.

udomritthiruji, Botia Ng [H. H.] 2007:42, Figs. 1-3 [Zootaxa No. 1608; ref. 29316] Tenasserim River drainage in the vicinity of Same, 13°36'N, 99°02'E, Taninthayi division, Myanmar. Holotype: UMMZ 248184. Paratypes: NRM 56791 (3), UMMZ 248185 (2), ZRC 50984 (14). •Valid as Botia udomritthiruji Ng 2007 -- (Grant 2007:38 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:16 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:174 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Botia udomritthiruji Ng 2007. Botiidae: Botiinae. Distribution: Tenasserim River drainage, southern Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.

zebra, Canthophrys (Diacantha) Swainson [W.] 1839:310 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Based on Ham., pl. 11. f. 96 -- which is Hamilton 1822:Pl 11 (fig. 96). Unneeded new name for Cobitis geto Hamilton 1822. •Synonym of Botia dario (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1992:39 [ref. 23970], Menon 1999:157 [ref. 24904] but original genus as Diacanthus, Kottelat 2004:12 [ref. 27360], Grant 2007:9 [ref. 29922], Kottelat 2012:15 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Botia dario (Hamilton 1822). Botiidae: Botiinae. Habitat: freshwater.