Acanthocobitis pavonacea

Spearfin loach
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Nemacheilidae
Genus:Acanthocobitis
Species: A. pavonacea
Binomial name
Acanthocobitis pavonacea
(McClelland, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Cobitis pavonacea McClelland, 1839
  • Nemacheilus pavonaceus (McClelland, 1839)
  • Noemacheilus pavonaceus (McClelland, 1839)
  • Schistura pavonaceus (McClelland, 1839)

Acanthocobitis pavonacea also known as the spearfin loach is a species of ray-finned fish is known from northeastern India in the Ganges and Brahmaputra basins. This species may be the only member of its genus if a 2015 recommendation to divide the genus Acanthocobitis is followed, currently Fishbase does not do so.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Nemacheilus pavonaceus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166484A6218955. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166484A6218955.en. Downloaded on 28 December 2017.
  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.


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