Paracanthocobitis
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| Genus: | Paracanthocobitis S. Grant, 2007
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Paracanthocobitis is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Nemacheilidae. This genus is known from the Indus basin in Pakistan to the Mekong basin of Cambodia and Laos The type species is Paracanthocobitis zonalternans.
Species
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:
- Paracanthocobitis abutwebi R. A. Singer & Page, 2015 (Hillstream zipper loach) [1]
- Paracanthocobitis adelaideae R. A. Singer & Page, 2015 (Checkerboard zipper loach) [1]
- Paracanthocobitis aurea (F. Day, 1872) (Barred zipper loach) [1]
- Paracanthocobitis botia (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Mottled zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis canicula R. A. Singer & Page, 2015 (Houndstooth zipper loach) [1]
- Paracanthocobitis linypha R. A. Singer & Page, 2015 (Sewing needle zipper loach) [1]
- Paracanthocobitis mackenziei (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1910) (Robust zipper loach) [1]
- Paracanthocobitis maekhlongensis R. A. Singer & Page, 2015 (Maekhlong zipper loach) [1]
- Paracanthocobitis mandalayensis (Rendahl (de), 1948) (Mandalay zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis mooreh (Sykes, 1839) (Maharashtra zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis pictilis (Kottelat, 2012) (Ataran zipper loach) [2]
- Paracanthocobitis rubidipinnis (Blyth, 1860) (Cherryfin zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis urophthalma (Günther, 1868) (Banded mountain zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis zonalternans (Blyth, 1860) (Dwarf zipper loach)
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g 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.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Acanthocobitis pictilis, a new species of loach from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 3327: 45–52.
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