Paracanthocobitis botia

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

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

References[]

^ 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.
^ 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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[iucn_status_18_November_2021-1] 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.

[Singer2015-2] 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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Taxon identifiers
Acanthocobitis botia	Wikidata: Q5416025 Wikispecies: Paracanthocobitis botia EoL: 344904 FishBase: 12256 GBIF: 2358641 iNaturalist: 93049 IRMNG: 10154823 ITIS: 687907 NCBI: 425510 WoRMS: 1026425
Cobitis botia	Wikidata: Q47232367 GBIF: 2358644 IRMNG: 11011839 WoRMS: 1017853 ZooBank: 1F14F8D8-A259-4122-82D9-2B2D39179EF9

Mottled zipper loach

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