Jihovýchodní Asie — Myanmar — povodí řeky Ataran.
About 20 kilometers northwest of Payathouzu (at border with Thailand), about 15°25'N, 98°15'E, between Kyondaw and Phadae, "Chon Son" stream, Kayin [Karen] State, Myanmar.
130 mm.
Kottelat, M. 2004. Botia kubotai, a new species of loach (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from the ataran River basin (Myanmar), with comments on botiinae nomenclature and diagnosis of a new genus. Zootaxa No. 401: 1-18.