''Leptobotia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fish in the
family Botiidae endemic to
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
.
[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 21 recognized species in this genus.
In addition to these, ''
Parabotia curtus'' was formerly included in ''Leptobotia''.
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* '' Leptobotia bellacauda'' Bohlen & Šlechtová, 2016
* '' Leptobotia brachycephala'' D.-M. Guo, E. 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 citrauratea'' ( Nichols, 1925)
* '' Leptobotia compressicauda'' (Nichols, 1931)
* '' Leptobotia elongata'' ( Bleeker, 1870)
* ''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 ...
'' H.-Y. Wang, 1981
* '' Leptobotia guilinensis'' J.-X. Chen, 1980
* '' Leptobotia hansuiensis'' S.-M. Fang & T.-C.Hsu, 1980
* '' Leptobotia hengyangensis'' Huang, H.& Zhang, W., 1986
* ''Leptobotia micra
''Leptobotia'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Botiidae Endemism, endemic to China.Kottelat, M. (2012)Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ''Raffles Bulletin of Z ...
'' 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 ...
'' T.-Y. Fu & M.-R.Ye, 1983
* '' Leptobotia orientalis'' T.-Q. Xu, S.-M. Fang & H.-Y. Wang, 1981
* '' Leptobotia pellegrini'' P.-W. Fang, 1936
* '' Leptobotia posterodorsalis'' Lan & J.-X. Chen, 1992
* '' Leptobotia rotundilobus'' D.-M. Guo, Cao & E. Zhang, 2023
* '' Leptobotia punctata'' J. Li, X.-H. Li & X.-L. Chen, 2008
* '' Leptobotia rubrilabris'' ( Dabry de Thiersant, 1872)
* '' Leptobotia taeniops'' ( Sauvage, 1878)
* '' Leptobotia tchangi'' P.-W. Fang, 1936
* '' Leptobotia tientainensis'' (H.-W. Wu, 1930)
* '' Leptobotia zebra'' (H.-W. Wu, 1939)
References
Botiidae
Freshwater fish genera
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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