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Genera
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Acanthopsoides
Acanthophthalmus
Acantopsis
Beaufortia
Botia
Cobitis
Crossostoma
Enobarbichthys
Formosiana
Iksookimia
Koreocobitis
Lepidocephalichthys
Lepidocephalus
Leptobotia
Misgurnus
Neoeucirrhichthys
Niwaella
Pangio
Parabotia
Paralepidocephalus
Paramisgurnus
Protocobitis
Sabanejewia
Serpenticobitis
Somileptes (Gongota loach)
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Loaches are freshwater fishes of the family Cobitidae, small bottom-dwelling fishes with a flattened ventral profile. Many of the 160 species are brightly-colored and popular with freshwater aquarists. Some species are popular as food fish in Japan.
Cultural Note
Referenced by Shakespeare in Henry IV, part 1: "Why, they will allow us ne'er a jordan, and then we leak in your chimney; and your chamber-lie breeds fleas like a loach." (Act 2)
? (Acanthocobitis , Gastromyzon to Balitoridae, river loaches )
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Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04
