Kottelatlimia

Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos is a small cobitid loach known only from Central Kalimantan in Indonesian Borneo. It lives in slow-moving forest streams with clear, tannin-stained water over white sand, where it rests on the substrate or dives into it, so it must be given a soft sandy substrate. The largest member of the genus, it differs from its congeners in having papillae covering the lips, barbels and lobes of the mouth.

Kottelatlimia katik is a miniature cobitid loach from Johor in Peninsular Malaysia and the Batang Hari drainage of Sumatra, reaching 13.5 mm SL. It is considered paedomorphic, keeping juvenile features such as long fins and long nasal barbels into adulthood. It lives in small forest streams associated with blackwater peat swamps, often in leaf litter, and needs a soft sandy substrate and spotless water.

Kottelatlimia pristes is a small cobitid loach from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo, the most widely-distributed member of its genus. It inhabits small, slow-moving forest streams and peat swamps with tannin-stained water, often in piles of leaf litter. It turns up occasionally in the trade, sometimes as bycatch among other species and under names such as 'Sumatran mini royal loach' or Cobitis cf. sumatranus.