Dwarf botia
Ambastaia sidthimunki
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The dwarf chain loach is a small loach from the Mae Klong basin in western Thailand and the Ataran River on the Myanmar border — Mekong records were of another species. It is endangered. It lives in groups and swims a little above the bottom. It eats small invertebrates, including snails.
- Scientific name
- Ambastaia sidthimunki
- Family
- Botiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Botiidae
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Synonyms
- Botia sidthimunki, Botia sidthimunkii, Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki
Origin
- Native region
- Ásia
Water
- Temperature
- 20–30 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 72 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 80 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 5
- Swimming level
- Bottom
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Endangered (EN)
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