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Common names: 中华沙鳅, 中華沙鰍
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the main river and tributaries of middle Yangtze river (Ref. 26054) and Mekong drainage in Yunnan (Ref. 37841). Also Ref. 26561, 35840.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Yang, J.-X. and Y.-R. Chen, 1992
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Kuldvööt-hiinabootsia, 中华沙鳅, Kultaseepranuoliainen, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Botiidae (Pointface loaches) > Botiinae
Etymology: More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical; 20°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)

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Asia: western Sichuan province and Guizhou Province, China (in the main river and tributaries of middle Yangtze river) (Ref. 26054). Recorded from the Mekong drainage in Yunnan, China (Ref. 37841).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111737); max. published weight: 43.10 g (Ref. 111737)

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Color pattern consisting of 7-9 wide bars, not always very distinct; no black longitudinal rows of spots or thin stripes (Ref. 37841).

Inhabits bottom parts of rocky streams or shores of main rivers (Ref. 26054).

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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. (Ref. 50472)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 27 July 2010

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00724 (0.00380 - 0.01381), b=2.99 (2.82 - 3.16), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.2 ±0.40 se; based on food items.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Sinibotia superciliaris (Günther, 1892)