Botia udomritthiruji

Botia udomritthiruji

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
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: Cobitidae
Subfamilia: Botiinae
Genus: Botia
Species: Botia udomritthiruji

Name

Botia udomritthiruji Ng, 2007

  • Holotype: UMMZ 248184.
  • Paratypes: NRM 56791 (3); UMMZ 248185 (2); ZRC 50984 (14).

Type locality: Tenasserim River drainage in the vicinity of Same, 13°36'N, 99°02'E , Taninthayi division, Myanmar.

Etymology: Species is named in appreciation after Kamphol Udomritthiruj, who provided the author with not only the type material and associated data for this species, but also material and data for other projects.

Vernacular names

English: Emperor loach
ไทย: ปลาหมูฮ่องเต้, ปลาหมูจักรพรรดิ์, ปลาหมูกำพล

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. 
  • Ng, H. H.; 2007: Botia udomritthiruji, a new species of botiid loach from southern Myanmar (Teleostei: Botiidae). Zootaxa, 1608: 41–49
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