Paracanthocobitis mackenziei

Robust zipper loach
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracanthocobitis
Species: P. mackenziei
Binomial name
Paracanthocobitis mackenziei
(B. L. Chaudhuri, 1910)
Synonyms

Nemachilus mackenziei Chaudhuri, 1910

Paracanthocobitis mackenziei also known as the robust zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus 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]

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.
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