Paracanthocobitis urophthalma

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracanthocobitis
Species: Paracanthocobitis urophthalma

Name

Paracanthocobitis urophthalma (Günther, 1868)

Syntypes: BMNH 1864.7.11.35-36 (2).

Type locality: South Ceylon.

Etymology: uro- (= tail); opthalmus (= eye), referring to black white-edged ocellus (eyespot) on base of upper caudal lobe.

Synonyms

• Nemachilus urophthalmus Günther, 1868
• Noemacheilus urophthalmus (Günther), 1868 -- Menon, 1987
• Acanthocobitis urophthalmus (Günther), 1868 -- Pethiyagoda, 1991:142.
• Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) urophthalmus (Günther), 1868 -- Grant, 2008

References

• Kottelat, M. 1990. Indochinese nemacheilines. A revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München. 1–262. ISBN 978-3-923871-47-6 Reference page. 
• Kottelat, M. 2012. Acanthocobitis pictilis, a new species of loach from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa 3327: 45–52. Preview Reference page. 
• Günther, A.C.L.G. 1868. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Heteropygii, Cyprinidae, Gonorhynchidae, Hyodontidae, Osteoglossidae, Clupeidae, Chirocentridae, Alepocephalidae, Notopteridae, Halosauridae, in the collection of the British Museum. Volume 7. British Museum, printed by Order of the Trustees: London. i–xx + 1–512 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Singer, R. & 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. DOI: 10.1643/CI-13-128 Reference page. 

Links

• Scharpf, C. & Lazara, K.J. 2018. Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches). Fish Name Etymology Database, The ETYFish Project.

Vernacular names

English: Banded Mountain Zipper loach