Ten loaches compared through real photographs of their markings and body shapes. An editorial selection, without scientific ranking. Attribution: 1. File:Chromobotia macracanthus.jpg; Vlad Butsky from San Jose, CA, USA; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chromobotia_macracanthus.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 2. File:Botia striata.jpg; Lerdsuwa; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botia_striata.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 3. File:Botia almorhae.jpg; Lukáš Mižoch; CC BY-SA 2.5; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botia_almorhae.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 4. File:Botia kubotai2.jpg; Lerdsuwa; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botia_kubotai2.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 5. File:Botia dario.jpg; Lerdsuwa; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Botia_dario.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 6. File:Yasuhikotakia sidthimunki.jpg; Lerdsuwa; CC BY-SA 3.0; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yasuhikotakia_sidthimunki.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 7. File:Yasuhikotakia modesta2.jpg; Lerdsuwa; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yasuhikotakia_modesta2.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 8. File:Yasuhikotakia morleti.jpg; Lerdsuwa; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yasuhikotakia_morleti.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 9. File:Misgurnus anguillicaudatus.jpg; Noel Burkhead / USGS; Public domain; https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Misgurnus_anguillicaudatus.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars. 10. File:Beaufortia kweichowensis.jpg; Lerdsuwa (colour adjustment by Togabi); CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beaufortia_kweichowensis.jpg; Scaled without cropping; fitted into 9:16 with title and caption bars.