Biology:Acanthocobitis

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Acanthocobitis
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Acanthocobitis pavonacea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Acanthocobitis
Peters, 1861
Type species
Acanthocobitis longipinnis
Peters 1861
Synonyms

Paracanthocobitis Grant, 2007

Acanthocobitis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish of the stone loach family, Nemacheilidae. Recent work has suggested that the genus be split into two with the former subgenus Paracanthocobitis being raised to a full species, leaving just the type species, Acanthocobitis pavonacea, in the current genus.[1]

Species

The following species are included in Acanthocobitis:[2]

  • Acanthocobitis botia (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Mottled zipper loach)
  • Acanthocobitis mooreh (Sykes, 1839) (Maharashtra zipper loach)
  • Acanthocobitis pavonacea Peters, 1861 (Spearfin loach)
  • Acanthocobitis pictilis (Kottelat, 2012) (Ataran zipper loach) [3]
  • Acanthocobitis rubidipinnis (Blyth, 1860) (Cherryfin zipper loach)
  • Acanthocobitis urophthalmus (Günther, 1868) (Banded mountain zipper loach)

References

  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. doi:10.1643/ci-13-128. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Acanthocobitis in FishBase. September 2023 version.
  3. Kottelat M (2012). "Acanthocobitis pictilis, a new species of loach from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa 3327: 45–52. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3767750 entry