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Taxon: Genus Botia Gray, 1831 (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Otomorpha Wiley & Johnson, 2010
                                                                             Superorder Ostariophysi Sagemehl, 1885
                                                                               Section Otophysa Rosen & Greenwood, 1970
                                                                                 Superorder Cypriniphysae [monotypic]
                                                                                   Order Cypriniformes Bleeker, 1859 - carps, loaches, minnows, and relatives
                                                                                     Suborder Cobitoidei
                                                                                       Family Botiidae Berg, 1940 - pointface loaches
                                                                                         Subfamily Botiinae Berg, 1940 - beautiful loaches
                                                                                           Genus Botia Gray, 1831
                                                                                             [Botia pulchripinnis Paysan, 1970] see Yasuhikotakia lecontei (Fowler, 1937)
                                                                                             [Botia xanthi (Günther, 1888)] see Parabotia fasciata Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
                                                                                             [Botia yunnanensis Chen, 1980] see Syncrossus yunnanensis (Chen, 1980)
                                                                                             0.1.0 ["Botia macrocanthus" (Bleeker, 1852)] see Botia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)
                                                                                             0.2 [Subgenus Botia (Hymenophysa)] see Genus Syncrossus Blyth, 1860
                                                                                             0.2.1 [Botia beauforti Smith, 1931 - barred loach] see Syncrossus beauforti (Smith, 1931)
                                                                                             0.2.2 [Botia helodes Sauvage, 1876 - tiger botia] see Syncrossus helodes (Sauvage, 1876)
                                                                                             0.2.4.0 ["Botia hymeophysa" (Bleeker, 1852)] see Botia hymenophysa (Bleeker, 1852)
                                                                                             0.2.5 [Botia reversa Roberts, 1989] see Syncrossus reversa (Roberts, 1989)
                                                                                             1.1 Botia almorhae Gray, 1831
                                                                                             1.2 Botia lohachata Chaudhuri, 1912 - Pakistani loach
                                                                                             1.3 Botia rostrata Günther, 1868
                                                                                             1.3.0 [Botia dayi Hora, 1932] see Botia rostrata Günther, 1868
                                                                                             2 Botia birdi Chaudhuri, 1909
                                                                                             2.0 [Botia javedi Mirza & Syed, 1995] see Botia birdi Chaudhuri, 1909
                                                                                             3 Botia striata Narayan Rao, 1920 - zebra loach
                                                                                             4 Botia dario (Hamilton, 1822) - Bengal loach
                                                                                             4.0 [Botia macrolineata Teugels, De Vos & Snoeks, 1986] see Botia dario (Hamilton, 1822)
                                                                                             5 Botia kubotai M. Kottelat, 2004
                                                                                             6 Botia histrionica Blyth, 1860
                                                                                             7 Botia udomritthiruji Ng, 2007
                                                                                             n.0 [Subgenus Botia (Botia) Gray, 1831] see Genus Botia Gray, 1831
                                                                                             n.1.1 [Botia eos Taki, 1972 - sun loach] see Yasuhikotakia eos (Taki, 1972)
                                                                                             n.1.2 [Botia caudipunctata Taki & Doi, 1995]
                                                                                             n.1.3 [Botia lecontei Fowler, 1937 - silver loach] see Yasuhikotakia lecontei (Fowler, 1937)
                                                                                             n.1.4 [Botia longidorsalis Taki & Doi, 1995] see Yasuhikotakia longidorsalis (Taki & Doi, 1995)
                                                                                             n.1.6 [Botia morleti Tirant, 1885 - cream loach] see Yasuhikotakia morleti (Tirant, 1885)
                                                                                             n.1.7 [Botia splendida Roberts, 1995] see Yasuhikotakia splendida (Roberts, 1995)
                                                                                             n.1.8 [Botia nigrolineata Kottelat & Chu, 1987] see Yasuhikotakia nigrolineata (Kottelat & Chu, 1987)
                                                                                             n.1.9.0 ["Botia sidthimunkii" Klausewitz, 1959] see Botia sidthimunki Klausewitz, 1959
                                                                                             n.2 [Subgenus Botia (Sinibotia) Fang, 1936] see Genus Sinibotia Fang, 1936
                                                                                             n.2.1 [Botia longiventralis Yang & Chen, 1992] see Sinibotia longiventralis (Yang & Chen, 1992)
                                                                                             n.2.2 [Botia pulchra Wu, 1939] see Sinibotia pulchra (Wu, 1939)
                                                                                             n.2.3 [Botia reevesae Chang, 1944] see Sinibotia reevesii nom. null.
                                                                                             n.2.4 [Botia robusta Wu, 1939] see Sinibotia robusta (Wu, 1939)
                                                                                             n.2.5 [Botia superciliaris Günther, 1892] see Sinibotia superciliaris (Günther, 1892)

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