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Scientific Name: Botia lohachata Chaudhuri, 1912
English Name: Reticulate loach
Local/Bangla Name: Lohachata (লোহাচাটা), Rani mach (রাণী মাছ), Bou mach (বউ মাছ)
Bonyfish : Botia lohachata

Photo: Dr. Mizanur Rahman (DoF, 2023)

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Description:
Body is moderately compressed. Color of body is yellowish in color. A broad anteriorly tapering black band on upper surface of snout from above eye to base of rostral barbels. A round black blotch in interorbital space. 4 Y-shaped transverse bands run from back to abdomen and transverse bar or blotch at centre between every two bands. Dorsal with one or two and caudal with two or three cross bands.
Habitat & Distribution in Bangladesh:
Inhabits creeks with rocky and sandy bottom.
Environment:
Freshwater (Demersal)
Main References:

Rahman AKA (2005) Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh. 2nd ed. Zool. Soc. Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. xviii + 394 pp.

Other References:

Hossain M, Wahab M, Belton B (2012) The Checklist of the Riverine Fishes of Bangladesh. FAN Bangladesh. 1. 29-39.

Siddiqui KU, Islam MA, Kabir SMH, Ahmad M, Ahmed ATA, Rahman AKA, Haque EU, Ahmed ZU, Begum ZNT, Hasan MA, Khondker M and Rahman MM (eds.) (2007) Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh. Vol. 23. Freshwater Fishes. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka. 300+xxxi. pp.

IUCN Bangladesh (2015) Red List of Bangladesh Volume 5: Freshwater Fishes. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp xvi+362

DoF Bangladesh (2023) Album: Freshwater Fishes of Bangladesh, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh, Dhaka. 200 pp.

Ahmed MS, Datta SK, Zhilik AA (2020) Molecular diversity of freshwater fishes of Bangladesh assessed by DNA barcoding. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 48(1), 1-19.

Giri SS ed, 2017 Monographs on Threatened Freshwater Fishes of South Asia. SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 305 p.

DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: KX455912 MH087044   MN083135
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
Global IUCN conservation status:
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Other Information