Ayumodoki

Ayumodoki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Botiidae
Genus: Parabotia
Species:
P. curtus
Binomial name
Parabotia curtus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cobitis curta Temminck & Schlegel, 1846
  • Botia curta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
  • Capoeta curta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
  • Hymenophysa curta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
  • Leptobotia curta (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

The ayumodoki or kissing loach (Parabotia curtus) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Botiidae.[3] It is found in lakes and streams on Honshu, the largest island in Japan.[4] Spawning grounds for kissing loach are ditches and small reservoirs for rice cultivation of a river system located in Japan. The kissing loach migrates to flooded areas, including paddy field areas, for spawning in early summer and the spawning of this species is limited after the formation of flooded areas over terrestrial vegetation.[5] [1] These flooded areas are the result of water from mountain streams and irrigation ponds flooding once dry land which create creating man-made wetlands.[6][7] As, adults, Parabotia curtus migrate from these flooded paddy fields to fast moving, muddy streams and rivers like the Yodo River.[3]

  1. ^ Watanabe, K.; Abe, T.; Iwata, A.; Shimizu, T.; Hosoya, K. (2015). "Parabotia curtus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T11661A83606443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T11661A83606443.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Synonyms of Parabotia curtus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived February 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement No. 26: 1-199.
  4. ^ R. Froese; D. Pauly, eds. (2017). "Parabotia curtus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) Kissing loach". Fishbase. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  5. ^ Abe, Tsukasa; Sakamoto, Tatsuya (2011). "Embryonic development and larval behavior of the kissing loach (Parabotia curta): adaptations to an ephemeral, hypoxic environment". Ichthyological Research. 58 (3): 238–244. Bibcode:2011IchtR..58..238A. doi:10.1007/s10228-011-0217-3. S2CID 19129495.
  6. ^ Abe, Tsukasa (2007). "Spawning Behavior of the Kissing Loach (Leptobotia curta) in Temporary Waters". Zoological Science. 24 (8): 850–853. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.850. PMID 18217493. S2CID 21899167.
  7. ^ Yuma, Masahide (1997). "Distribution of the freshwater fishes of Japan: an historical overview" (PDF). Environmental Biology of Fishes. 52 (1–3): 97–124. doi:10.1023/A:1007451417556. S2CID 26033409.