Ambastaia

Updated on Dec 21, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Class Actinopterygii Family Botiidae		Phylum Chordata Order Cypriniformes Rank Genus

Similar Dwarf loach, Ambastaia nigrolineata, Yasuhikotakia, Syncrossus, Botiidae

Bottom feeder fish black lined loach ambastaia nigrolineata

Ambastaia is a genus of botiid loaches native to Mainland Southeast Asia. The species in this genus were formerly included in Yasuhikotakia.

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

Ambastaia nigrolineata (Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1987)

Ambastaia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959) (Dwarf botia)

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