Botia Gray, 1831

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of twelve new genera of fish, discovered by Gen. Hardwicke, in India, the greater part in the British Museum. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1831: 7-9.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

order

Cypriniformes

family

Cobitidae

genus

Botia

Name

Synonyms

Diacantha Swainson, 1839

Diacanthus

Hymenophysa McClelland, 1839

Hymenphysa McClelland, 1839

Homonyms

Botia Gray, 1831

Botia Franciscolo, 1984

Common names

Botijos in Lithuanian

Indian Loaches in English

Modderkruipers in Afrikaans

True Botias in English

Ботія in Ukrainian

Боции in Russian

ปลาหมู in Thai

ปลาหมูลายเมฆ ปลาหมูพม่า ฯลฯ in Thai

ปลาแข้วไก้ in Thai

アジアアユモドキ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

1. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
2. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
3. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
4. FishBase
5. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
6. Gray, J. E. (1831). Description of twelve new genera of fish, discovered by Gen. Hardwicke, in India, the greater part in the British Museum. <em>Zoological Miscellany.</em> 1831: 7-9.
7. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
8. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
9. Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
10. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
11. SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998
12. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
13. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
14. Zool. Miscell. (Gray), (1)