Paracanthocobitis botia

Mottled zipper loach
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Paracanthocobitis
Species:	P. botia
Binomial name
Paracanthocobitis botia (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
Acanthocobitis botia(Hamilton, 1822) Cobitis botiaHamilton, 1822 Nemacheilus botia(Hamilton, 1822) Noemacheilus botia(Hamilton, 1822) Botia nebulosa Blyth, 1860 Nemachilus mackenzieiChaudhuri, 1910

Paracanthocobitis botia also known as the mottled zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Paracanthocobitis . This species is known from the mainstem, and possibly tributaries of the Brahmaputra River, in Assam, India. ^[2]

References

1. Devi, R.; Boguskaya, N. (2009). "Paracanthocobitis botia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T166465A6215041. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T166465A6215041.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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.