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.