Paracanthocobitis botia

Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) botia also known as the mottled zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the mainstem, and possibly tributaries of the Brahmaputra River, in Assam, India.[2]

Mottled zipper loach
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Acanthocobitis
Subgenus: Paracanthocobitis
Species:
P. botia
Binomial name
Paracanthocobitis botia
(F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
  • Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Cobitis botia Hamilton, 1822
  • Nemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Noemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Botia nebulosa Blyth, 1860
  • Nemachilus mackenziei Chaudhuri, 1910

References
  1. Devi, R.; Boguskaya, N. (2009). "Paracanthocobitis botia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T166465A6215041. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T166465A6215041.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  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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