Paracanthocobitis mackenziei

Paracanthocobitis mackenziei also known as the robust zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Paracanthocobitis. This species is the most widely distributed species of Paracanthocobitis and is known from the Ganges River basin of Nepal and India, the Meghna River basin in Bangladesh, the Mahanadi River basin in eastern India, and the upper Indus River basin of northern India and eastern Pakistan.^[1] Fishbase treats P. (A). mackenziei under Nemachilus mackenziei as a synonym of Acnthocobitis botia.^[2]

Robust 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. mackenziei
Binomial name
Paracanthocobitis mackenziei (B. L. Chaudhuri, 1910)
Synonyms
Nemachilus mackenziei Chaudhuri, 1910