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Paracanthocobitis urophthalma

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Banded mountain zipper loach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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  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.