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Leptobotia

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Leptobotia
Leptobotia elongata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Botiidae
Genus: Leptobotia
Bleeker, 1870
Type species
Botia elongata
Bleeker, 1870

Leptobotia is a genus of fish in the family Botiidae endemic to China.[1]

Species

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There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus.[2][3] In addition to these, Parabotia curtus was formerly included in Leptobotia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Leptobotia". FishBase. October 2024 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Leptobotia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  4. ^ 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