Nemacheilus botia botia is a Senior Synonym of Acanthocobitis botia.

Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822)

Mottled loach - Bilturi - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

view: Dorso-lateral [Hossain, 2019]

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Cypriniformes
Family	:	Balitoridae
Genus	:	Acanthocobitis
Species	:	Acanthocobitis botia

Common Names:

English	:	Mottled loach[729] Sand loach[729] Zipper Loach[729]
Bangla	:	Bilturi[5] Natwa[5] Kholoi muchuri[729] Bilchuri[729] Gutia[729] Gutum[729] Gutea[729]

Synonyms:

Cobitis botia Hamilton, 1822
Nemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822)
Noemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822)
Nemachilus botia (Hamilton, 1822)
Nemachilus botius (Hamilton, 1822)
Neomacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822)
Botia nebulosa Blyth, 1860
Nemachilus mackenziei Chaudhuri, 1910
Nemacheilus botia botia (Hamilton, 1822)

Maximum Length and Weight:

14.9 cm (TL) ^[814]

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5.4-5.7 : 4.3-4.5 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 6.6-7.3 : 5.4-6 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 4 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 1.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 1 ^[5]
Inter orbial width : Eye Diameter = 1 : 1 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. 13 (2/11); P₁. 10; P₂. 8 (1/7); A. 6 (I/5) ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
B III; D 12-14(2/10-12); A 7(2/5); P 11; V 8; C 17 ^{[Shafi and Quddus, 1982]}
D iii 9-11; A iii 5; P i 11; V i 7 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

Data not available

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [11]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [12]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Bangladesh[70] Bhutan[739] China[51] India[37] Myanmar[51] Nepal[740] Pakistan[741] Thailand[51]
Bangladesh	:	Padma river, Rajshahi[274] Chalan beel, Natore[490] Sunamganj haor region, Sunamganj[729] Tulsiganga River, Joypurhat[780] Dhepa river, Dinajpur[779] Someshwari river, Netrokona[806] Atrai River, Dinajpur[815] Tanguar Haor, Sunamganj[1025] Sandha river, Pirojpur[1206]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat:
Canal, Beel, River ^[347]

Environment:

Parameters	Units	Minimum	Maximum	Optimum	Ref.
Temperature	-	-	-	-	-
pH	-	-	-	-	-
DO	-	-	-	-	-
Free CO2	-	-	-	-	-

Breeding Maturity:

Data not available

Breeding Season: (red background)

Data not available

Fecundity:

Data not available

Food and Feeding Habit:

Diet composition (%): Data not available

Importance:

Production and Marketing:
Production/Harvesting Season: Data not available
Harvesting Gears: Data not available
Market price: Data not available