Paracobitis phongthoensis

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Paracobitis phongthoensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracobitis
Species:
P. phongthoensis
Binomial name
Paracobitis phongthoensis
Synonyms
  • Schistura phongthoensis(Nguyen, 2005)

Paracobitis phongthoensis is a species of stone loach found in Vietnam. [1] [2]

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References

  1. Nguyen, V.H., 2005. Cá nước ngọt Việt Nam. Tâp II. [Freshwater fishes of Vietnam]. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản nông nghiệp, 760 p.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Paracobitis phongthoensis" in FishBase . February 2015 version.