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Botiidae (Pointface loaches) > Botiinae
Etymology: kubotai: Named for Katsumo Kubota.
Eponymy: Katsuma Kubota is a fish collector who is Managing Director of the Siam Pet Fish Trading Co. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical
Asia: Myanmar.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.0 cm NG male/unsexed; (Ref. 94495)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Three black stripes and five black bars leaving four pairs of elongate yellow blotches; as age increases, the bars and stripes widen, the yellow blotches become more slender and rows of small yellow spots are added in the stripes and in the bars (Ref. 50472).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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. (Ref. 50472)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5020 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00242 - 0.01369), b=3.08 (2.88 - 3.28), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).