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Botiidae is a family of cypriniform ray-finned fishes from South, Southeast, and East Asia. Until recently they were placed in the true loach family Cobitidae, until Maurice Kottelat revised the loaches and re-elevated this taxon to family rank in 2012.〔Kottelat, M. (2012): (Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). ) ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'', Supplement No. 26: 1-199.〕 The family includes about 56 species. The Botiids are more robust than most of their relatives in Cobitidae and tend to have a more or less arched back, yielding an altogether more fusiform shape. Botiids typically have a pointed snout of intermediate length, while many cobitids are remarkably stub-nosed. Botiids are generally fairly small, with maximum lengths between depending on the species involved, although ''Leptobotia elongata'' reaches (''Chromobotia macracanthus'' has been claimed to reach a similar size, but this would be exceptional). ==As aquarium fish== Many of the more brightly colored species are popular with freshwater aquarists, so are of importance in the aquarium trade. Botiidae often encountered in aquarium trade include: * Clown loach, ''Chromobotia macracanthus'' * ''Yasuhikotakia modesta'' * ''Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki'' * Skunk loach, ''Yasuhikotakia morleti'' * Yoyo loach, ''Botia almorhae'' * Zebra loach, ''B. striata'' * Bengal loach, ''B. dario'' * Burmese border loach, ''B. kubotai'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Botiidae」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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