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Burmese border loach

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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
285:. It grows as large as 15 cm in length, but most tend to be smaller at around 10 cm. It has gold, black, and grey colors arranged in a pattern that varies greatly depending on the age of the fish. Juvenile fish at about 2.5 cm are very similar to 281:(known in Thailand as Kasat River), a tributary of Salween River. A population in Thailand was discovered in early 2006 in another tributary of Salween River, Suriya River in 408:
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
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This fish, like most other loach species, should be kept in groups when placed in an aquarium. Suitable water parameters are 25 - 30 °C,
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is omnivorous and will accept most food types offered to freshwater fish including snails, small shrimp, sinking pellets,
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0 to 8.0. Many hiding places should also be provided. Newly purchased, it is a good idea to treat them for internal
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system which is mostly in Myanmar. It was first discovered in
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Burmese Border loach

Conservation status
Data Deficient
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Botiidae
Botia
Binomial name
Kottelat
tropical
fish
freshwater
aquariums
Thailand
Myanmar
Burma
Three Pagodas Pass

bottom feeder
Salween River
Ataran River
Thungyai Naresuan Wildlife Sanctuary
Botia histrionica

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