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Acanthocobitis
Sign in to saveAcanthocobitis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish of the stone loach family, Nemacheilidae. Recent work has suggested that the genus be split into two with the former subgenus Paracanthocobitis being raised to a full species, leaving just the type species, Acanthocobitis pavonacea, in the current genus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyNemacheilidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 34
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Collections
- AUM, CAS, NRM
- Recorded in
- Bangladesh, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Nemacheilinae
- Image
- Acanthocobitis botia.jpg
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Acanthocobitis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish of the stone loach family, Nemacheilidae. Recent work has suggested that the genus be split into two with the former subgenus Paracanthocobitis being raised to a full species, leaving just the type species, Acanthocobitis pavonacea, in the current genus.
==Species== The following species are included in Acanthocobitis: Acanthocobitis longipinnis Peters, 1861 Acanthocobitis pavonacea (McClelland, 1839) (Spearfin loach)
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