Biology:Paracanthocobitis urophthalma

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Short description: Species of fish

Banded mountain zipper loach
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Acanthocobitis
Subgenus: Paracanthocobitis
Species:
P. urophthalma
Binomial name
Paracanthocobitis urophthalma
(Günther, 1868)
Synonyms

Acanthocobitis urophthalma Günther, 1868

Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) urophthalma, also known as the banded mountain zipper loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus, or subgenus, Paracanthocobitis. This species is endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka.[2]

References

  1. Pethiyagoda, R. (1996). "Acanthocobitis urophthalmus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T79A13080176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T79A13080176.en.  Downloaded on 28 December 2017
  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.

Wikidata ☰ Q308085 entry