Ambastaia

Ambastaia
Dwarf Botia (A. sidthimunki)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Botiidae
Genus: Ambastaia
Kottelat, 2012
Type species
Botia nigrolineata
Kottelat & Chu 1987

Ambastaia is a genus of botiid loaches native to Mainland Southeast Asia and China.[1] The species in this genus were formerly included in Yasuhikotakia.

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.


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