Paracanthocobitis botia

Mottled zipper loach
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Paracanthocobitis
Species:	P. botia
Binomial name
	Paracanthocobitis botia; (F. Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms
	Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822); Cobitis botia Hamilton, 1822; Nemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822); Noemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822); Botia nebulosa Blyth, 1860; Nemachilus mackenziei Chaudhuri, 1910;

Paracanthocobitis botia also known as the mottled zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the mainstem, and possibly tributaries of the Brahmaputra River, in Assam, India.^[2]

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