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Botia rostrata Günther, 1868

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cypriniformes
family
Cobitidae
genus
Botia
species
Botia rostrata

Name

Homonyms
Botia rostrata Günther, 1868
Common names
Gangetic Loach in English
Ladder Loach in English
Sergeant Major Loach in English
sekavka ganžská in Czech

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. Günther, A. (1868). Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi fish containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae,... [thru]... Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum.</em> v. 7: i-xx + 1-512.
  3. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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