Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Subordo: Cobitoidei
Familia: Botiidae
Genus: Yasuhikotakia
Species: Y. caudipunctata – Y. eos – Y. lecontei – Y. longidorsalis – Y. modesta – Y. morleti – Y. splendida
Name
Yasuhikotakia Nalbant, 2002
Type species: Botia modesta Bleeker, 1864
Etymology: Named in honor of Japanese collector/researcher Dr. Yasuhiko Taki, who contributed very much to the study of this group of species.
References
Kottelat, M. 2012. Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 26(Supplement 26): 1–199. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Nalbant, T. T.; Sixty million years of evolution. Part one: family Botiidae (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Cobitoidea). Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa", 44: 309–333, Pls. 1-12.
Yasuhikotakia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Yasuhikotakia (Mekong loaches) is a genus of botiid loaches, many which are popular aquarium fish.[1] It is named in honor of Japanese collector/researcher Dr. Yasuhiko Taki. This genus has been separated from the genus Botia in the paper by Maurice Kottelat in 2004.[2]
Fishes of the genus Yasuhikotakia are found inhabiting river systems in Indochina such as the Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Mae Klong.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:[3][1] Two additional species formerly included in this genus have been moved to Ambastaia.[1]
Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata (Y. Taki & A. Doi, 1995)
Yasuhikotakia eos (Y. Taki, 1972) (Sun loach)
Yasuhikotakia lecontei (Fowler, 1937) (Silver loach)
Yasuhikotakia longidorsalis (Y. Taki & A. Doi, 1995)
Yasuhikotakia modesta (Bleeker, 1864) (Redtail botia)
Yasuhikotakia morleti (Tirant, 1885) (Skunk botia)
Yasuhikotakia splendida (T. R. Roberts, 1995)
References
Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived February 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 26: 1-199.
Kottelat, M. 2004. Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiine nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Zootaxa, 401: 1-18.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Yasuhikotakia in FishBase. December 2012 version.
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