| Ambastaia | |
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| Dwarf Botia (A. sidthimunki) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Botiidae |
| Genus: | Ambastaia Kottelat, 2012 |
| Type species | |
| Botia nigrolineata Kottelat & Chu 1987 | |
Ambastaia is a genus of botiid loaches native to Mainland Southeast Asia and China. The species in this genus were formerly included in Yasuhikotakia.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:
- Ambastaia nigrolineata (Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1987)
- Ambastaia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959) (Dwarf botia)
References
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ambastaia | |
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