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Leptobotia

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Leptobotia
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 16 recognized species in this genus.[2] 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, R. and D. Pauly. Editors (2021). "Leptobotia Bleeker, 1870". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 September 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ 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