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Paracanthocobitis mackenziei

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Robust zipper loach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Acanthocobitis
Subgenus: Paracanthocobitis
Species:
P. mackenziei
Binomial name
Paracanthocobitis mackenziei
Synonyms
  • Nemachilus mackenziei Chaudhuri, 1910

Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) mackenziei also known as the robust zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is the most widely distributed species of Paracanthocobitis and is known from the Ganges River basin of Nepal and India, the Meghna River basin in Bangladesh, the Mahanadi River basin in eastern India, and the upper Indus River basin of northern India and eastern Pakistan.[1] Fishbase treats P. (A). mackenziei under Nemachilus mackenziei as a synonym of Acnthocobitis botia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Synonyms of Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822)". Fishbase. Retrieved 28 December 2017.