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Yoyo

Botia almorhae Gray, 1831

Status not recordedbony fish

The yoyo (Botia almorhae) is a species in the family Botiidae, order Cypriniformes.

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Quick facts about the yoyo

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 yoyo live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the yoyo 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 yoyo 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 yoyo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCypriniformes
  5. familyBotiidae
  6. genusBotia
  7. SpeciesBotia almorhae Gray, 1831

Synonyms Botia blythi, Botia grandis, Schistura maculata

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Almorha loachEnglish
  • Pakistani loachEnglish
  • Yo-yo loachEnglish
  • sekavka zdobenáCzech
  • Locha yo-yoSpanish
  • パキスタンローチJapanese
  • Botia-yo-yoPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the yoyo

Other species in the same genus Botia.

Y-loach

Botia lohachata

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the yoyo an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the yoyo?

The yoyo (Botia almorhae) 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). Yoyo (Botia almorhae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/yoyo

MLA

“Yoyo (Botia almorhae).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/yoyo.

BibTeX
@misc{yoyo_2026,
  title = {Yoyo (Botia almorhae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yoyo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}