Paracanthocobitis

Paracanthocobitis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This genus is known from the Indus basin in Pakistan to the Mekong basin of Cambodia and Laos The type species is Paracanthocobitis zonalternans. Some authorities treat this as a subgenus of Acanthocobitis

==Species== These are the currently recognised species in this genus: Paracanthocobitis abutwebi R. A. Singer & Page, 2015 (Hillstream zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis adelaideae Singer & Page, 2015 (Checkerboard zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis aurea (Day, 1872) (Barred zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822) (mottled zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis canicula Singer & Page, 2015 (Houndstooth zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis epimekes Dvořák, Bohlen, Kottelat & Šlechtová, 2022 Paracanthocobitis hijumensis Rime, Tamang & Das, 2022 Paracanthocobitis linypha Singer & Page, 2015 (Sewing needle zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis mackenziei (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1910) (Robust zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis maekhlongensis Singer & Page, 2015 (Maekhlong zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis mandalayensis (Rendahl, 1948) (Mandalay zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis marmorata Singer, Pfeiffer & Page 2017 (Marmorated zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis mooreh (Sykes, 1839) (Maharashtra zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis nigrolineata Singer, Pfeiffer & Page, 2017 Paracanthocobitis phuketensis (Klausewitz, 1957) Paracanthocobitis pictilis (Kottelat, 2012) (Ataran zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis putaoensis Lin, Chen & Chen, 2023 Paracanthocobitis rubidipinnis (Blyth 1860) (Cherryfin zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis triangula Singer, Pfeiffer & Page, 2017 Paracanthocobitis urophthalma (Günther, 1868) (Banded mountain zipper loach) Paracanthocobitis zonalternans (Blyth, 1860) (Dwarf zipper loach)