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A yoyo loach, almora loach or Pakistani loach, Botia almorhae, is a freshwater fish belonging to the loach family (Cobitidae). It originates in the slow-running and still waters of India and Pakistan, whence the name Pakistani loach originates. It is commonly found in aquariums, but is not nearly as common as it's more popular relative, the clown loach. They may attain a length of up to 13 cm (5 in), and are named for their black and white patterns, which often can be seen to spell "yoyo", hence the common name yoyo loach. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Bryozoa...
{{{subdivision_ranks}}} See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ...
Families Suborder Cobitoidea Balitoridae (hillstream loaches) Catostomidae (suckers) Cobitidae (loaches) Gyrinocheilidae (algae eaters) Suborder Cyprinoidea Cyprinidae (carps and minnows) The Cypriniformes are an order of ray-finned fish, including the minnows and some related families. ...
Loaches are freshwater fishes of the family Cobitidae, small bottom-dwelling fishes with a flattened ventral profile. ...
Species Botia is a genus of freshwater fish in the Loach family (Cobitidae). ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
John Edward Gray (February 12, 1800 - March 7, 1875) was a British zoologist. ...
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A giant grouper at the Georgia Aquarium Fish are aquatic vertebrates that are typically cold blooded, covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins. ...
Genera Acanthopsoides Acanthophthalmus Acantopsis Botia Chromobotia Cobitis Enobarbichthys Formosiana Iksookimia Koreocobitis Kottelatlimia Lepidocephalichthys Lepidocephalus Leptobotia Misgurnus Neoeucirrhichthys Niwaella Pangio Parabotia Paralepidocephalus Paramisgurnus Protocobitis Sabanejewia Serpenticobitis Somileptes (Gongota loach) Syncrossus Yasuhikotakia Loaches are freshwater fishes of the family Cobitidae, small benthic (bottom-dwelling) fishes with a flattened ventral profile. ...
In biological classification, family (Latin: familia, plural familiae) is 1) a rank or 2) a taxon in that rank. ...
Loaches are freshwater fishes of the family Cobitidae, small bottom-dwelling fishes with a flattened ventral profile. ...
Aquarium is also the name of the Russian band, which is also spelled Akvarium A 335,000 gallon (1. ...
Binomial name Chromobotia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852) A Clown Loach or Tiger Botia (Chromobotia macracanthus, formerly Botia macracanthus) is a freshwater fish belonging to the loach family (Cobitidae). ...
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Mid-19th century tool for converting between different standards of the inch An inch is an Imperial and U.S. customary unit of length. ...
The yoyo loach, in comparison with the clown loach, is somewhat more aggressive than it's relative, but it is still relatively docile. They are best kept in shoals of 5 or more, this helps distribute the abuse of the largest, alpha loach, and establishes a stable pecking order. The yoyo loach is fairly hardy and open to water conditions, but they have a tendency to prefer soft, acidic water, from a pH of 6 to around 7.4; however, with gradual acclimation, they can be kept in rather hard, alkaline water, even up to a pH of 8. As tropical fish, they prefer temperatures in a range from 74 to 82 degrees. Yoyo Loaches prefer to be kept in slow-moving water, although some individuals have shown preference for faster moving waters. Being smaller than the clown loach, they can be kept in smaller tanks: a shoal of 3 can be kept comfortably in a heavily-planted 29/30 gallon aquarium. Lacking other fish or plants in their environment, the yoyo loach may become stressed. Being mostly docile fish, they should not be kept with highly aggressive fish. The yoyo loach can be kept comfortably with a small group of Otocinclus catfish, as well as other small, passive fish. School of juvenile herring - many fish have the opercula wide open for ram feeding and you can see the red gills The term swarm (schooling or swarming) is applied to fish, birds and insects and describes a behavior of an aggregation (school) of animals of similar size and body orientation...
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Water is a tasteless, odourless substance that is essential to all known forms of life and is known as the universal solvent. ...
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The common (Arrhenius) definition of a base is a chemical compound that either donates hydroxide ions or absorbs hydrogen ions when dissolved in water. ...
The gallon (abbreviation: gal) is an English unit of volume. ...
Species Otocinclus macrospilus Otocinclus (auto SINK luss) is a genus of the armored catfish family (Loricariidae). ...
The yoyo loach has a tendency to hide occasionally, especially when they are unaccustomed to humans. They prefer to have caves in which they can fit snugly; they will ignore open caves. They have been known to get stuck when the cave is too tight. Once they are accustomed to humans, they will often react with excitement at their owner's approach, either by association with feeding, or out of curiosity. They can often be seen watching their owner, and occasionally following him or her. Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ...
Alternate meanings: Cave (disambiguation) The outside world viewed from a cave A cave is a natural underground void. ...
Yoyo loaches will eat a variety of foods, and should be fed as such. They will eat flakes to pellets. Yoyo loaches have a peculiarity in feeding, in which when they feed from the surface of the water, they generate 'clicking' noises. These same sounds can sometimes be noted while they are swimming. These clicking sounds are generated when the loach (which can extract oxygen from air) swallows air, which is forced through the gills.
Similar to their relative the clown loach, yoyo loaches have a strong personality, and are often considered lazy, as they will often at various intervals simply decide to sleep and lie on their sides on whatever surface is nearby. This often causes alarm in aquarists, who may believe that the fish is dead. It has been suggested that Personality psychology be merged into this article or section. ...
Sleep is the state of natural rest observed in most mammals, birds, fish, as well as invertebrates such as the fruitfly Drosophila. ...
Like the clown loach, the yoyo loach will readily devour snails. Invertebrates are one of the yoyo loach's natural food sources, and freshwater shrimp and snails are not safe. The name snail applies to most members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells. ...
Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are small, swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ...
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A vast number of species of fish have been successfully kept in the home aquarium. ...
References FishBase is a comprehensive database of information about fish. ...
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