Paracanthocobitis is a genus, or subgenus, of freshwater fish in the family Nemacheilidae. This genus is known from the Indus basin in Pakistan to the Mekong basin of Cambodia and Laos The type species is Paracanthocobitis zonalternans. Some authorities treat this as a subgenus of Acanthocobitis

Paracanthocobitis
Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) zonalternans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Acanthocobitis
Subgenus: Paracanthocobitis
S. Grant, 2007

Species

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There are 12[1] or 13[2] recognised species in this genus:

The contested species is:

Additionally, Singer and Page recognises one more,

References

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  1. ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2017). "Paracanthocobitis Grant, 2007". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Paracanthocobitis". FishBase. September 2023 version.
  3. ^ a b c d e f 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.