Ambastaia is a genus of botiid loaches native to Mainland Southeast Asia and China.[1] The species in this genus were formerly included in Yasuhikotakia.
| Ambastaia | |
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| Dwarf Botia (A. sidthimunki) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Botiidae |
| Genus: | Ambastaia Kottelat, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Botia nigrolineata Kottelat & Chu 1987
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Species
editThere are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Ambastaia nigrolineata (Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1987)
- Ambastaia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959) (Dwarf botia)
References
edit- ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
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