Hello!

No. Brotia is in error for the tropical fish genus. The correct spelling
is Botia [without the "r"]. The website spelling is in error.

Later,

Emilio Jorge Power
Monfils, Paul wrote:

>I did a quick web search for Brotia.  I did not find the species dactylus,
>though I found a lot of other species.  I also found that no-one can seem to
>agree where to classify this genus.  On various websites I found it listed
>under Thiaridae, Pleuroceridae, Melanellidae, and Melanatriidae (which I
>never heard of).  Which is the correct family?
>
>I also discovered that there is a genus of tropical fish called Brotia.
>What's the story here?  I thought that was a no-no.  The fish can be seen
>here:
>
>http://members.tripodasia.com.sg/Shellsnut/loachinternal.htm
>
>Regards,
>Paul M.
>