''Paracanthocobitis adelaideae'' also known as the checkerboard zipper loach is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

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 ...

in the

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Paracanthocobitis ''Paracanthocobitis'' is a genus of freshwater Actinopterygii, ray-finned fishes belonging to the Family (biology), family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This genus is known from the Indus River, Indus basin in Pakistan to the Mekong River, Me ...

''. This species is known from the

Irrawaddy Irrawaddy or Ayeyarwady may refer to: *Irrawaddy River, the main river of Burma *Irrawaddy Delta, a rice growing region of the country *Irrawaddy, an alternative spelling of Ayeyarwady Region, an administrative division of Burma *''The Irrawaddy'' ...

basin of northern

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

.Singer, R.A. & 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.''

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adelaideae Fish described in 2015 Taxa named by Randal Anthony Singer Taxa named by Lawrence M. Page {{Nemacheilidae-stub