Paracanthocobitis urophthalma

Banded mountain zipper loach
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Paracanthocobitis
Species:	P. urophthalma
Binomial name
Paracanthocobitis urophthalma (Günther, 1868)
Synonyms
Acanthocobitis urophthalmaGünther, 1868

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

References

1. Fernado, M.; Kotagama, O.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S. (2019). "Paracanthocobitis urophthalma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T79A150839809. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T79A150839809.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.