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Class: Teleostei
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Botiidae Pointface loaches
Subfamily: Leptobotiinae
Genus: Leptobotia

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17 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Leptobotia bellacauda Asia 8.8 SL 2016
Leptobotia brachycephala Asia 6.7 SL
Leptobotia citrauratea Asia 6.5 SL 1925
Leptobotia elongata Asia 50 SL 1870
Leptobotia flavolineata Asia 8.4 SL 1981
Leptobotia guilinensis Asia 12.1 TL 1980
Leptobotia hengyangensis Asia 10.3 SL 1986
Leptobotia micra Asia 5.0 SL 2017
Leptobotia microphthalma Asia 10 SL 1983
Leptobotia orientalis Asia 8 SL 1981
Leptobotia pellegrini Asia 22 TL 1936
Leptobotia posterodorsalis Asia 9 SL 1992
Leptobotia punctata Asia 7.6 SL 2008
Leptobotia rubrilabris Asia 21 SL 1872
Leptobotia taeniops Asia 22.8 TL 1878
Leptobotia tchangi Asia 11.2 SL 1936
Leptobotia tientainensis Asia 13 TL 1930



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