Back ياسوهيكوتاكيا ARZ Yasuhikotakia Catalan Yasuhikotakia CEB Yasuhikotakia French Yasuhikotakia Italian Yasuhikotakia Dutch Yasuhikotakia NB Yasuhikotakia Polish Yasuhikotakia Portuguese Yasuhikotakia Romanian
| Yasuhikotakia | |
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| Yasuhikotakia modesta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Botiidae |
| Genus: | Yasuhikotakia Nalbant, 2002 |
| Type species | |
| Botia modesta Bleeker, 1864
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Yasuhikotakia (Mekong loaches) is a genus of botiid loaches, many which are popular aquarium fish.[1] It is named in honor of Japanese collector/researcher Dr. Yasuhiko Taki. This genus has been separated from the genus Botia in the paper by Maurice Kottelat in 2004.[2]
Fishes of the genus Yasuhikotakia are found inhabiting river systems in Indochina such as the Mekong, Chao Phraya, and Mae Klong.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Kottelat2012was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kottelat, M. 2004. Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiine nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Zootaxa, 401: 1-18.