Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the Ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiine nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Author Maurice Kottelat text Zootaxa 2004 401 1 18 http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:59855ADE-EBB4-45CD-9C15-0D08739A9D8B journal article z00401p001 Chromobotia , new genus Type species. Cobitis macracanthus Bleeker, 1852 . Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other genera of Botiinae by its unique colour pattern: three broad black bars (one through eye, two on body) on a bright orange-red background. Distinguished from other genera within the subfamily Botiinae by the following combination of characters: Mental lobe developed in a barbel. Fronto-parietal fontanelle large, elliptical. Anterior chamber of gas bladder partly covered by bony capsule; posterior chamber large. Top of supraethmoid very broad. Optic foramen rather small. Suborbital spine not strongly arched, bifid. Head naked (based on Taki, 1972: 76). Etymology. From the Greek khroma (colour) and Botia , allusion to the bright coloration. Gender feminine. Included species: Chromobotia macracanthus (Bleeker, 1852)