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| name = Twin-banded loach<br />
| image = Botia rostrata 1.jpg<br />
| status = VU<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Chaudhry, S. |date=2010 |title=''Botia rostrata'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T166399A6200481 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166399A6200481.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref><br />
| taxon = Botia rostrata<br />
| authority = [[Albert Günther|Günther]], 1868<br />
| synonyms = ''Botia dayi'' {{small|Hora, 1932}}<ref name=Kottelat>Kottelat, M. (2012): [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s26/Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130211134858/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s26/Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf |date=February 11, 2013 }} ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1–199.''</ref><br />
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'''''Botia rostrata''''', the '''Gangetic loach''', '''ladder loach''', or '''twin-banded loach''', is a freshwater fish belonging to the loach family [[Botiidae]]. It originates in calmer water pool areas of highland streams in the lower [[Ganges]] and [[Brahmaputra]] basins in [[Bangladesh]] and north India. Records from elsewhere are believed to be misidentification of relatives (e.g., ''[[Botia histrionica|B. histrionica]]'').<ref name=SeriouslyFish>SeriouslyFish: ''[http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/botia-rostrata/ Botia rostrata.]'' Retrieved 15 July 2014.</ref> <br />
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==In the aquarium==<br />
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''B. rostrata'' can reach a length of up to {{convert|11|-|12|cm|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name=SeriouslyFish/> It needs to be in a group of five or more to create a pecking order and is never seen when kept singly. During fighting or feeding time a larger specimen of this fish may be seen graying out (darkening in body) as a dominance behavior. It likes having plenty of hiding spots and crannies to cram into, so rocks and wood are needed.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}<br />
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