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  Acanthocobitis botia
(Hamilton, 1822)

Balitoridae

Uk: Mottled Loach
Dk: Broget Bjerg Smerling
  Acanthocobitis urophthalmus
(Günther, 1868)

Balitoridae


Uk: Banded Mountain Loach
Dk: Stribet Bjerg Smerling
  Barbucca species
"Sumatra"

Balitoridae

Uk: Sumatran Mini Leopard Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
  Crossostoma tinkhami
Herre, 1934

Balitoridae

Uk: Fukien Hillstream Loach
Dk: (Sugemave Smerling)
  Gastromyzon ctenocephalus
Roberts, 1982

Balitoridae

Uk: Spinyhead Hillstream Loach
Dk: (Sugemave Smerling)
  Gastromyzon lepidogaster
Roberts, 1982

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Sugemave Smerling)
  Gastromyzon punctulatus
Inger & Chin, 1961

Balitoridae

Uk: Spotted Hillstream Loach
Dk: Plettet Sugemave Smerling
  Homaloptera bilineata
Blyth, 1860

Balitoridae

Uk: Torrent Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
  Homaloptera confuzona
Kottelat, 2000

Balitoridae

Uk: Red Lizard Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
  Homaloptera orthogoniata
Vaillant, 1902

Balitoridae

Uk: Saddled Lizard Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
  Homaloptera tweediei
Herre, 1940

Balitoridae

Uk: Tweedi's Hillstream Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Lepidocephalichthys species


Balitoridae

Uk: Pink "Babyface" Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Liniparhomaloptera disparis
(Lin, 1934)

Balitoridae

Uk: Brokenband Hillstream Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Mesonoemacheilus guentheri
(Day, 1867)

Balitoridae

Uk: (Loach)
Dk: (Smerling)
Mesonoemacheilus triangularis
(Day, 1865)

Balitoridae

Uk: Zodiac Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Nemacheilus lactogeneus
Roberts, 1989

Balitoridae

Uk: (Loach)
Dk: (Smerling)
Nemacheilus masyai
Smith, 1933

Balitoridae

Uk: Arrow Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Nemacheilus ornatus
Kottelat, 1990

Balitoridae

Uk: Ornate Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Nemacheilus platiceps
Kottelat, 1990

Balitoridae

Uk: Barred Sand Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Pseudogastromyzon cheni
Liang, 1942

Balitoridae

Uk: Chinese Hillstream Loach
Dk: Kinesisk Bjerg Smerling
Pseudogastromyzon fasciatus
(Sauvage, 1878)

Balitoridae

Uk: Zebra Hillstream Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura alticrista
Kottelat, 1990

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Smerling)
Schistura balteata
(Rendahl, 1948)

Balitoridae

Uk: Sumo Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Schistura cf balteata


Balitoridae

Uk: Tribanded Sumo Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Schistura beavani
(Günther, 1868)

Balitoridae

Uk: Creek Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Schistura corica
(Hamilton, 1822)

Balitoridae

Uk: Polkadot Hillstream Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura ephelis
Kottelat, 2000

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura kaysonei
Vidthayanon & Jaruthanin, 2002

Balitoridae

Uk: Laos Blind Cave Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Schistura mahnerti
Kottelat, 1990

Balitoridae

Uk: Salween Hillstream Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura notostigma
(Bleeker, 1863)

Balitoridae

Uk: Spotback Loach
Dk: Rygstribet Bjerg Smerling
Schistura poculi
(Smith, 1945)

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura pridii
Vidthayanon, 2003

Balitoridae

Uk: Mini Dragon Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura savona
(Hamilton, 1822)

Balitoridae

Uk: Halfbanded Hillstream Loach
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura semiarmata
(Day, 1867)

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura species
"Da Nang"

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura species
"Rakhine"

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura spilota
(Fowler, 1934)

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura susannae
Freyhof & Serov, 2001

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura vinciguerrae
(Hora, 1935)

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Schistura waltoni
(Fowler, 1937)

Balitoridae

Uk: (Hillstream Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Sewellia lineolata
(Valenciennes, 1846)

Balitoridae

Uk: (Sucker-Belly Loach)
Dk: (Sugemave Smerling)
Traccatichthys pulcher
(Nichols & Pope, 1927)

Balitoridae

Uk: (Mountain Loach)
Dk: (Bjerg Smerling)
Tuberoschistura arakanensis
 2007

Balitoridae

Uk: Rosy Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Vaillantella maassi
Weber & de Beaufort, 1912

Balitoridae

Uk: Forktailed Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Yunnanilus brevis
(Boulenger, 1893)

Balitoridae

Uk: Inle Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Acanthopsoides molobrion
Siebert, 1991

Cobitidae

Uk: (Horseface Loach)
Dk: (Hestehoved Smerling)
Acanthopsoides species
 

Cobitidae


Uk: (Horseface Loach)
Dk: (Hestehoved Smerling)
Acantopsis choirorhynchos
(Bleeker, 1854)


Cobitidae

Uk: Horseface Loach
Dk: Hestehoved Smerling
Botia almorhae
Gray, 1831

Cobitidae

Uk: Almorha Loach
Dk: Net Botia
Botia dario
(Hamilton, 1822)

Cobitidae

Uk: Bengal Loach
Dk: Bengalsk Botia
Botia histrionica
Blyth, 1860

Cobitidae

Uk: Salween Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Botia kubotai
Kottelat, 2004

Cobitidae

Uk: Polka-Dot Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Botia modesta
Bleeker, 1865

Cobitidae

Uk: Orangefin Loach
Dk: Rødfinnet Botia
Botia striata
Narayan Rao, 1920

Cobitidae

Uk: Zebra Loach
Dk: Zebra Botia
Botia superciliaris
Günther, 1892

Cobitidae

Uk: (Loach)
Dk: (Smerling)
Botia udomritthiruji
Ng, 2007

Cobitidae

Uk: Emperor Loach
Dk: Kejser Botia
Chromobotia macracanthus
(Bleeker, 1852)

Cobitidae

Uk: Clown Loach
Dk: Pragt Smerling
Kottelatlimia pristes
(Roberts, 1989)

Cobitidae

Uk: Sumatran Mini Royal Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Leptobotia pellegrini
Fang, 1936

Cobitidae

Uk: Chinese Royal Clown Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
(Cantor, 1842)

Cobitidae

Uk: Oriental Weatherfish
Dk: Kinesisk Vejrfisk
Neoeucirrhichthys maydelli
Banarescu & Nalbant, 1968

Cobitidae

Uk: Golpara Loach
Dk: (Smerling)
Pangio anguillaris
(Vaillant, 1902)

Cobitidae

Uk: Eel Loach
Dk: Åle Smerling
Pangio kuhlii
(Valenciennes, 1846)

Cobitidae

Uk: Coolie Loach
Dk: Kuhli Ål
Pangio oblonga
(Valenciennes, 1846)

Cobitidae

Uk: Java Loach
Dk: Sort Kuhli Ål
Pangio species cf piperata
 

Cobitidae


Uk: Blackline Coolie Loach
Dk: (Kuhli Ål)
Paramisgurnus dabryanus
Sauvage, 1878

Cobitidae

Uk: Taiwan Loach
Dk: Taiwan Smerling
Sinibotia rostrata
(Günther, 1868)

Cobitidae

Uk: Ladder Loach
Dk: Ganges Botia
Syncrossus berdmorei
(Blyth, 1860)

Cobitidae

Uk: Blyth's Loach
Dk: Blyths Smerling
Syncrossus helodes
(Sauvage, 1876)

Cobitidae

Uk: Tiger Botia
Dk: Tiger Botia
Syncrossus hymenophysa
(Bleeker, 1852)

Cobitidae

Uk: Tiger Loach
Dk: Tiger Smerling
Yasuhikotakia caudipunctata
(Taki & Doi, 1995)

Cobitidae

Uk: Tailspot Botia
Dk: Haleplet Botia
Yasuhikotakia lecontei
(Fowler, 1937)

Cobitidae

Uk: Silver Loach
Dk: Rødhalet Sølv Botia
Yasuhikotakia morleti
(Tirant, 1885)

Cobitidae

Uk: Skunk Loach
Dk: Muse Botia
Yasuhikotakia nigrolineata
(Kottelat & Chu, 1987)

Cobitidae

Uk: Blackline Loach
Dk: Sortstribet Pragt Smerling
Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki
(Klausewitz, 1959)

Cobitidae

Uk: Ladderback Loach
Dk: Dværg Botia
Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
(Tirant, 1883)

Gyrinocheiledae

Uk: Siamese Algeaeater
Dk: Siamesisk Algeæder
Gyrinocheilus pennocki
(Fowler, 1937)

Gyrinocheiledae

Uk: Spotted Algae-Eater
Dk: Plettet Algeæder