Paracanthocobitis
| Paracanthocobitis | |
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| Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) zonalternans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Paracanthocobitis S. Grant, 2007 |
| Type species | |
| Cobitis zonalternans | |
Paracanthocobitis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This genus is known from the Indus basin in Pakistan to the Mekong basin of Cambodia and Laos The type species is Paracanthocobitis zonalternans. Some authorities treat this as a subgenus of Acanthocobitis
Species
[edit]These are the currently recognised species in this genus:[2]
- Paracanthocobitis abutwebi R. A. Singer & Page, 2015 (Hillstream zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis adelaideae Singer & Page, 2015 (Checkerboard zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis aurea (Day, 1872) (Barred zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822) (mottled zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis canicula Singer & Page, 2015 (Houndstooth zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis epimekes Dvořák, Bohlen, Kottelat & Šlechtová, 2022
- Paracanthocobitis hijumensis Rime, Tamang & Das, 2022
- Paracanthocobitis linypha Singer & Page, 2015 (Sewing needle zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis mackenziei (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1910) (Robust zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis maekhlongensis Singer & Page, 2015 (Maekhlong zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis mandalayensis (Rendahl, 1948) (Mandalay zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis marmorata Singer, Pfeiffer & Page 2017 (Marmorated zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis mooreh (Sykes, 1839) (Maharashtra zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis nigrolineata Singer, Pfeiffer & Page, 2017
- Paracanthocobitis phuketensis (Klausewitz, 1957)
- Paracanthocobitis pictilis (Kottelat, 2012) (Ataran zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis putaoensis Lin, Chen & Chen, 2023
- Paracanthocobitis rubidipinnis (Blyth 1860) (Cherryfin zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis triangula Singer, Pfeiffer & Page, 2017
- Paracanthocobitis urophthalma (Günther, 1868) (Banded mountain zipper loach)
- Paracanthocobitis zonalternans (Blyth, 1860) (Dwarf zipper loach)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nemacheilidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paracanthocobitis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
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