''Acanthocobitis'' is a genus of freshwater

ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. They are so called because of their lightly built fins made of webbings of sk ...

of the stone loach family,

Nemacheilidae The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, ''Afronemacheilus'' found in Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous ...

. Recent work has suggested that the genus be split into two with the former subgenus '' Paracanthocobitis'' being raised to a full species, leaving just the

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

, '' Acanthocobitis pavonacea'', in the current genus.

Species

The following species are included in ''Acanthocobitis'': * '' Acanthocobitis longipinnis'' Peters, 1861 * '' Acanthocobitis pavonacea'' ( McClelland, 1839) (Spearfin loach)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3767750 Nemacheilidae Cypriniformes genera Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters Taxonomy articles created by Polbot