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| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Chaudhry, S. |year=2020 |amends=2010 |title=''Botia almorhae'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T168483A176089906 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T168483A176089906.en |access-date=6 February 2025}}</ref><br />
| image = Yoyo Loach.jpg<br />
| image2 =Botia almorhae Day 154.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Typical aquarium specimen labelled as ''Botia almorhae'', but these are likely a related species (see text).<ref name=SeriouslyFish/><ref name=Grant2007/><br />
| taxon = Botia almorhae<br />
| authority = [[John Edward Gray|J. E. Gray]], 1831<br />
| synonyms = ''Botia grandi'' {{small|Gray, 1832}}<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).] ''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1–199.''</ref><br />
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The '''yoyo loach''', '''Almora loach''' or '''Pakistani loach''' ('''''Botia almorhae''''') is a freshwater [[fish]] belonging to the loach [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Botiidae]]. It originates in the slow-running and still waters of the [[Ganges]] basin in northern India and possibly [[Nepal]].<ref name=SeriouslyFish>SeriouslyFish: ''[http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/botia-almorhae/ Botia almorhae.]'' Retrieved 15 July 2014.</ref><ref name=Grant2007>Grant, S. (2007). ''Fishes of the genus Botia Gray, 1831, in the Indian region (Teleostei: Botiidae).'' Ichthyofile 2: 1–106</ref> Despite the alternative common name Pakistani loach, the true ''B. almorhae'' is not known from Pakistan (the species in this country is ''[[Botia birdi|B. birdi]]'').<ref name=SeriouslyFish/><ref name=Grant2007/><br />
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It may attain a length of {{cvt|14|-|16|cm|in}}, and is named for its dark and pale patterns, which often can be seen to spell "yoyo" (especially in smaller/younger specimens), hence the common name yoyo loach.<ref name=SeriouslyFish/> The final common name, Almora loach, refers to [[Almora]] in [[Uttarakhand]], India.<ref name=Kottelat/> Specimens labelled as ''B. almorhae'' are commonly found in the [[aquarium]] trade, but most (if not all) of these appear to be the closely related ''[[Botia lohachata|B. lohachata]]'', two possibly [[undescribed species]] popularly referred to as ''B. sp.'' "Kosi" and ''B. sp.'' "Teesta", or [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrids]].<ref name=SeriouslyFish/><ref name=Grant2007/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of freshwater aquarium fish species]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Commons category|Botia almorhae}}<br />
* {{FishBase|genus=Botia|species=almorhae|year=2014|month=09}}<br />
* {{ITIS |id=640119 |taxon=Botia almorhae |access-date=12 June 2006}}<br />
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[[Category:Botia]]<br />
[[Category:Fish of India]]<br />
[[Category:Fish described in 1831]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]</div>ElijahCombs83