Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 12468)
Asia: China and Viet Nam.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 111347); max. published weight: 6.20 g (Ref. 111347)
Adults inhabit bottom parts of streams and main rivers in clear, moderately or slowly flowing water with some aquatic plants (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. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5156 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00285 - 0.00965), b=3.15 (2.99 - 3.31), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Subfamily-BS (Ref.
93245).
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.4 ±0.48 se; based on food items.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).