Paracanthocobitis urophthalma

Banded mountain zipper loach
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Nemacheilidae
Genus:Acanthocobitis
Subgenus:Paracanthocobitis
Species: P. urophthalma
Binomial name
Paracanthocobitis urophthalma
(Günther, 1868)
Synonyms

Acanthocobitis urophthalma Günther, 1868

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

References

  1. Pethiyagoda, R. (1996). "Acanthocobitis urophthalmus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T79A13080176. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T79A13080176.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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