CreatureData

Skunk botia

Yasuhikotakia morleti (Tirant, 1885)

Status not recordedbony fish

The skunk botia (Yasuhikotakia morleti) is a species in the family Botiidae, order Cypriniformes.

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the skunk botia

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the skunk botia live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the skunk botia as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Mexico

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the skunk botia endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the skunk botia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyBotiidae
  6. genusYasuhikotakia
  7. SpeciesYasuhikotakia morleti (Tirant, 1885)

Synonyms Botia horae, Botia morleti

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Hora's loachEnglish
  • Skunk loachEnglish
  • sekavka MorletovaCzech
  • Botia-cremePortuguese
  • ปลาหมูค้อThai

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the skunk botia

Other species in the same genus Yasuhikotakia.

Blue botia

Yasuhikotakia modesta

BotiidaeNo free photo yet

Sun loach

Yasuhikotakia eos

BotiidaeNo free photo yet

Silver loach

Yasuhikotakia lecontei

BotiidaeNo free photo yet

Jaguar loach

Yasuhikotakia splendida

BotiidaeNo free photo yet

CompareSkunk botia vs Blue botiaSkunk botia vs Sun loachSkunk botia vs Silver loachSkunk botia vs Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the skunk botia an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the skunk botia as introduced in 1 country: Mexico, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the skunk botia?

The skunk botia (Yasuhikotakia morleti) belongs to the family Botiidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Skunk botia (Yasuhikotakia morleti). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/skunk-botia

MLA

“Skunk botia (Yasuhikotakia morleti).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/skunk-botia.

BibTeX
@misc{skunk_botia_2026,
  title = {Skunk botia (Yasuhikotakia morleti)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/skunk-botia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}