Paracanthocobitis aurea

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 aurea

Name

Paracanthocobitis aurea (Day, 1872)

Syntypes: BMNH 1889.2.1.1587-1590 (4), ZSI F2574 (1, lost).

Type locality: Jabbalpúr, India.

Etymology: From aurea (= golden), referring to golden-yellow body coloration.

Synonyms

• Nemacheilus aureus Day, 1872
• Nemacheilus botia variety aureus Day, 1878
• Acanthocobitis (Paracanthocobitis) aurea Grant, 2008

References

• Day, F. 1872. Monograph of Indian Cyprinidae. Parts 4–6. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 41(2, 1–4): 1–29, 171–198; 318–326, Pl. 1. 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Barred Zipper Loach