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Y-loach

Botia lohachata Chaudhuri, 1912

Status not recordedbony fish

The y-loach (Botia lohachata) is a species in the family Botiidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the y-loach

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 y-loach live?

Not recorded

Is the y-loach 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 y-loach classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyBotiidae
  6. genusBotia
  7. SpeciesBotia lohachata Chaudhuri, 1912
Other names and names in other languages (11)
  • Pakistani loachEnglish
  • Reticulate loachEnglish
  • Reticulated loachEnglish
  • RaniBangla
  • Mrenka sítováCzech
  • NetsmerlingDanish
  • パキスタンローチJapanese
  • Bou machBangla
  • Mrenka cervenoploutváCzech
  • Mrenka pákistánskáCzech
  • sekavka pákistánskáCzech

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the y-loach

Other species in the same genus Botia.

Yoyo

Botia almorhae

BotiidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the y-loach?

The y-loach (Botia lohachata) belongs to the family Botiidae in the order Cypriniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Y-loach (Botia lohachata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/y-loach

MLA

“Y-loach (Botia lohachata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/y-loach.

BibTeX
@misc{y_loach_2026,
  title = {Y-loach (Botia lohachata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/y-loach},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}