| Botia lohachata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Botiidae |
| Genus: | Botia |
| Species: | B. lohachata |
| Binomial name | |
| Botia lohachata B. L. Chaudhuri, 1912 | |
Botia lohachata, the reticulate loach, painted loch or Pakistani loach, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Botiidae, the pointface loaches. This species is found in streams with rocky and gravel bottoms in Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh [2] .Specimens labelled as B. lohachata are often found in the aquarium trade, but most of these appear to be the closely related B. almorhae. Their three Y-shaped bands – the first in front, the second below and the third behind the dorsal fin – and between each band in the middle of the flank a circular dot,this also leads to them often being referred to by the name "yoyo loach". [3]