''Leptobotia'' is a
genus
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of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...
in the
family
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Botiidae
Botiidae is a family of cypriniform ray-finned fishes from South, Southeast, and East Asia. Until recently they were placed in the true loach family Cobitidae, until Maurice Kottelat revised the loaches and re-elevated this taxon to family rank ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...
to
China.
[Kottelat, M. (2012)]
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.''
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus. In addition to these, ''
Parabotia curtus
The Ayumodoki or Kissing Loach (''Parabotia curtus'') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Botiidae.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''The Raffles ...
'' was formerly included in ''Leptobotia''.
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* '']Leptobotia bellacauda
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2016
* ''Leptobotia brachycephala
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Guo & Zhang, 2021[Guo D-M, Zhang E (2021) Re-description of the loach species Leptobotia citrauratea (Teleostei, Botiidae), with the description of L. brachycephala from southern Zhejiang Province, China. ZooKeys 1017: 89-109. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1017.57503
]
* ''Leptobotia elongata
''Leptobotia elongata'', the imperial flower loach, elongate loach or royal clown loach, is a species of botiid fish found in flowing water in the upper and middle Yangtze basin in China.SeriouslyFishLeptobotia elongata Retrieved 10 March 2017.L ...
'' (Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Leptobotia flavolineata
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Wang, 1981
* ''Leptobotia guilinensis
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Chen, 1980
* ''Leptobotia hengyangensis
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Huang & Zhang, 1986
* ''Leptobotia micra
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Bohlen & Slechtová, 2017
* ''Leptobotia microphthalma
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Fu & Ye, 1983
* ''Leptobotia orientalis
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Xu, Fang & Wang, 1981
* ''Leptobotia pellegrini
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Fang, 1936
* ''Leptobotia posterodorsalis
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Lan & Chen, 1992
* ''Leptobotia punctata
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Li, Li & Chen, 2008
* ''Leptobotia rubrilabris
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' (Dabry de Thiersant, 1872)
* ''Leptobotia taeniops
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' (Sauvage Sauvage, French for "savage" may refer to:
; as a surname:
* Catherine Sauvage (1929–1998), a French singer and actress
* Cyrille Sauvage (born 1973), a French racing driver
* Frédéric Sauvage (1786–1857), a French boat builder who carried ...
, 1878)
* ''Leptobotia tchangi
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' Fang, 1936
* ''Leptobotia tientainensis
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-19 ...
'' (Wu, 1930)
References
Botiidae
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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