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Chromobotia macracanthus (Clown loach)
Genus species:
   Chromobotia macracanthus
Common name:
   Clown loach
Genus:
   Chromobotia
Family:
   Botiidae
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Chromobotia macracanthus (Clown loach)
Genus species:
   Chromobotia macracanthus
Common name:
   Clown loach
Genus:
   Chromobotia
Family:
   Botiidae
Suborder:
   -n/a-
Chromobotia macracanthus (Clown loach)
Genus species:
   Chromobotia macracanthus
Common name:
   Clown loach
Genus:
   Chromobotia
Family:
   Botiidae
Suborder:
   -n/a-

Family-Animalia: 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 in 2012. The family includes about 56 species.

The Botiids are more robust than most of their relatives in Cobitidae and tend to have a more or less arched back, yielding an altogether more fusiform shape. Botiids typically have a pointed snout of intermediate length, while many cobitids are remarkably stub-nosed.

Botiids are generally fairly small, with maximum lengths between 6 and 30 cm (2.4 and 11.8 in) depending on the species involved, although Leptobotia elongata reaches 50 cm (20 in) (Chromobotia macracanthus has been claimed to reach a similar size, but this would be exceptional).


Reference: Wikipedia

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