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]

Acanthocobitis
Acanthocobitis pavonacea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Species

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The following species are included in Acanthocobitis:[2]

References

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  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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acanthocobitis". 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.