Acanthocobitis pavonacea

Spearfin loach
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Acanthocobitis
Species:	A. pavonacea
Binomial name
	Acanthocobitis pavonacea; (McClelland, 1839)
Synonyms
	Cobitis pavonacea McClelland, 1839; Nemacheilus pavonaceus (McClelland, 1839); Noemacheilus pavonaceus (McClelland, 1839); Schistura pavonaceus (McClelland, 1839);

Acanthocobitis pavonacea also known as the spearfin loach is a species of ray-finned fish is known from northeastern India in the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins. This species may be the only member of its genus if a 2015 recommendation to divide the genus Acanthocobitis is followed, currently Fishbase does not do so.^[2]

References

^ Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Nemacheilus pavonaceus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166484A6218955. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166484A6218955.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2017.
^ Singer, R.A. & Page, L.M. (2015): Revision of the Zipper Loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia, 103 (2): 378–401.

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[IUCN-1] Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Nemacheilus pavonaceus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166484A6218955. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166484A6218955.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2017.

[Singer2015-2] Singer, R.A. & Page, L.M. (2015): Revision of the Zipper Loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species. Copeia, 103 (2): 378–401.

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