Acanthocobitis pavonacea

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
Subfamilia: Nemacheilinae
Genus: Acanthocobitis
Species: Acanthocobitis pavonacea

Name

Acanthocobitis pavonacea (McClelland, 1839)

Syntypes: SMF 68 (1)?, 9070 (1), 9090-91 (2).

Type locality: Assam, India [Brahmaputra basin].

Etymology: –aceus, having the nature of: pavo (= peacock), referring to peacock-like ocellus, or eyespot, on caudal peduncle.

Synonyms

• Cobitis pavonacea McClelland, 1839
• Acanthocobitis longipinnis Peters, 1861
• Nemachilus pavonaceus Günther, 1868
• Nemacheilus pavonaceaus Day, 1878
• Noemacheilus pavonaceaus Menon, 1987

References

• McClelland, J. 1839. Indian Cyprinidae. Asiatic Researches 19(2): 217–471, Pls. 37–61. 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: Spearfin Loach