Paracanthocobitis urophthalma
| Banded mountain zipper loach | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Cypriniformes | 
| Family: | Nemacheilidae | 
| Genus: | Paracanthocobitis | 
| Species: | P. urophthalma | 
| Binomial name | |
| Paracanthocobitis urophthalma (Günther, 1868) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Acanthocobitis urophthalma Günther, 1868 | |
Paracanthocobitis urophthalma, also known as the banded mountain zipper loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Paracanthocobitis. This species is endemic to southwestern Sri Lanka.[2]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
