Parabotia
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Parabotia is a genus of loaches that are found in East
East Asia
East Asia or Eastern Asia is a subregion of Asia that can be defined in either geographical or cultural terms...

 and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...

. There are currently 11 described species in this genus.

Species

  • Parabotia banarescui (Nalbant, 1965)
  • Parabotia bimaculata J. X. Chen, 1980
  • Parabotia dubia Kottelat
    Maurice Kottelat
    Dr. Maurice Kottelat is a Swiss ichthyologist.In 1976 he entered the University of Neuchâtel where he obtained his diploma in 1987. In 1980 he went to Thailand where he began his field research on Southeast Asiatic and Indonesian fresh water fish species...

    , 2001
  • Parabotia fasciata Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
  • Parabotia kiangsiensis R. L. Liu & Z. Z. Guo, 1986
  • Parabotia kimluani V. H. Nguyen, 2005
  • Parabotia lijiangensis J. X. Chen, 1980
  • Parabotia maculosa (H. W. Wu, 1939)
  • Parabotia mantschurica (L. S. Berg, 1907) (Manchurian spiny loach)
  • Parabotia parva J. X. Chen, 1980
  • Parabotia vancuongi V. H. Nguyen, 2005
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