The Burmese Border loach, angelicus loach or polka dot loach, Botia kubotai, is a recently described species that has quickly become a popular tropical fish for freshwater aquariums. In 2002, fish collectors working in western Thailand began to expand their search into Myanmar (Burma) area from the Three Pagodas Pass Thai-Myanmar border to look for new fish for the aquarium trade. This is one of several species discovered and explains the origin of the fish's common name: Burmese Border Loach. Its specific epithet honors Katsuma Kubota of an aquarium export company in Thailand who first purchased the catch and sent them out for identification.
The zebra loach is a freshwater loach native to rivers and streams in the Western Ghats of India. The maximum size is about 9 cm (3.5 in). It lives in tropical climate with temperature range of 21–26 °C (70–79 °F), and prefers water with 6.0 to 7.5 pH.
The yoyo loach, Almora loach or Pakistani loach is a freshwater fish belonging to the loach family Botiidae. It originates in the slow-running and still waters of the Ganges basin in northern India and possibly Nepal. Despite the alternative common name Pakistani loach, the true B. almorhae is not known from Pakistan.
Acanthocobitis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish of the stone loach family, Nemacheilidae. Recent work has suggested that the genus be split into two with the subgenus Paracanthocobitis being raised to a full species, leaving just the type species, Acanthocobitis pavonacea, in the current genus.
Acanthocobitis pavonacea, also known as the spearfin loach, is a species of ray-finned fish. It is known to be found in northeastern India in the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins. This species may be the only member of its genus if a 2015 recommendation to divide the genus Acanthocobitis is followed, currently Fishbase does not do so.
The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, Afronemacheilus found in Africa. The family includes about 790 species.
Paracanthocobitis is a genus, or subgenus, of freshwater fish in the family Nemacheilidae. This genus is known from the Indus basin in Pakistan to the Mekong basin of Cambodia and Laos The type species is Paracanthocobitis zonalternans. Some authorities treat this as a subgenus of Acanthocobitis and Fishbase only includes the five species described in 2015 by Singer & Plant, meaning that P. (A). zonalternans is not the type species.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) mooreh also known as the Maharashtra zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is found in the Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri basins of western and southern India.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) pictilis, also known as the Ataran zipper loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. It is native to Myanmar and Thailand. It was described to science in 2012.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) zonalternans also known as the dwarf zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and peninsular Malaysia. It is found in the Brahmaputra, Meghna, Irrawaddy, Sittang, Salween, Maeklong, and drainages in peninsular Thailand and Malaysia. The range extends from northern Myanmar to peninsular Malaysia. It is not known from the Chao Phraya basin.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) abutwebi also known as the hillstream zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the Karnaphuli, Meghna, and lower Brahmaputra and Ganges river drainages of Bangladesh.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) adelaideae also known as the checkerboard zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the Irrawaddy basin of northern Myanmar.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) canicula also known as the houndstooth zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the lower Mekong basin of Cambodia.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) linypha also known as the sewing needle zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the Irrawaddy and Sittang basins in Myanmar.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) maekhlongensis also known as the Maekhlong zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the Maeklong River basin, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) mackenziei also known as the robust zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is the most widely distributed species of Paracanthocobitis and is known from the Ganges River basin of Nepal and India, the Meghna River basin in Bangladesh, the Mahanadi River basin in eastern India, and the upper Indus River basin of northern India and eastern Pakistan. Fishbase treats P. (A). mackenziei under Nemachilus mackenziei as a synonym of Acnthocobitis botia.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) mandalayensis also known as the Mandalay zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the Irrawaddy drainage of northeastern Myanmar, Sittang basin of southern Myanmar, and the Wang and Ping rivers in the Chao Phraya River basin of northwestern Thailand.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) rubidipinnis also known as the cherryfin zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the Irrawaddy basin in Myanmar.
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) aurea also known as the barred zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known only from the type locality, the Narmada River at Jabalpur, state of Madhya Pradesh, India.
