Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical; 20°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)
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: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 16.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111737); max. published weight: 43.10 g (Ref. 111737)
Color pattern consisting of 7-9 wide bars, not always very distinct; no black longitudinal rows of spots or thin stripes (Ref. 37841).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Inhabits bottom parts of rocky streams or shores of main rivers (Ref. 26054).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
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: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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