Paracobitis és un gènere de peixos de la família dels balitòrids i de l'ordre dels cipriniformes.The Taxonomicon
Distribució geogràfica Es troba a Àsia (Turquia, l'Iran, l'Afganistan, la Xina -Guizhou, Sichuan i Guangxi- i el Vietnam, incloent-hi les conques dels rius Tigris i Eufrates).
Taxonomia Paracobitis acuticephala (Zhou & He, 1993) Paracobitis anguillioides (Zhu & Wang, 1985)Zhu, S.-Q. & Wang, S.-H- 1985. The noemacheiline fishes from Yunnan Province, China (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica v. 10 (núm. 2): 208-220. Paracobitis boutanensis (McClelland & Griffith, 1842)McClelland, J. 1842. On the fresh-water fishes collected by William Griffith, Esq., F. L. S. Madras Medical Service, during his travels under the orders of the Supreme Government of India, from 1835 to 1842. Calcutta Journal of Natural History v. 2 (núm. 8): 560-589, Pls. 15, 18, 20, 21. Paracobitis erhaiensis (Zhu & Cao, 1988)Zhu, S.-Q. & Cao, W.-X. 1988. Descriptions of two new species and a new subspecies of Noemacheilinae from Yunnan Province (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica v. 13 (núm. 1): 95-100. Paracobitis ghazniensis (Banarescu & Nalbant, 1966)Banarescu, P. & Nalbant, T. T. 1966. The 3rd Danish Expedition to central Asia. Zoological results 34. Cobitidae (Pisces) from Afghanistan and Iran. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, Kjøbenhavn. v. 129: 149-186, Pls. 19-21. Paracobitis hagiangensis (Nguyen, 2005) Paracobitis iranica (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998)Nalbant, T. T. & Bianco, P. G. 1998. The loaches of Iran and adjacent regions with description of six new species (Cobitoidea). Italian Journal of Zoology v. 65, Suppl.: 109-123. Paracobitis malapterura (Valenciennes, 1846)Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A., 1846. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-huitième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des Ésoces ou Lucioïdes. Historie naturelle des poissons. v. 18: i-xix + 2 pp. + 1-505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520-553. Paracobitis maolanensis (Li, Ran & Chen, 2006)Li W.-X-, J.-Ch. Ran; H.-M. Chen. 2006. A New Species of Paracobitis from Guizhou, China.Journal of Zhanjiang Ocean University. Vol. 26(4): 1-2. Paracobitis oligolepis (Cao & Zhu, 1989)Zheng, C.-Y. & et al. 1989. Fishes of the Zhujiang River. Science Press, Beijing. Fishes of the Zhujiang River.: 1-438. Paracobitis phongthoensis (Nguyen, 2005) Paracobitis posterodorsalus (Li, Ran & Chin, 2006)Ran J.-Ch., Li W.-X. & Chen H.-M. 2006. A New Species Blind Loach of Paracobitis from Guangxi, China (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Journal Of Guangxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition). 24(3) : 81-82. Paracobitis potanini (Günther, 1896)Günther, A., 1896. Report on the collections of reptiles, batrachians and fishes made by Messrs. Potanin and Berezowski in the Chinese provinces Kansu and Sze-chuen. Ezhegodnik. Zoologicheskogo Muzeya Akademii Nauk SSSR. 1896: 199-219, Pls. 1-2. Paracobitis pulsiz (Krupp, 1992) Paracobitis rhadinaeus (Regan, 1906)Regan, C. T. 1906. Two new cyprinoid fishes from the Helmand Basin. Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 2 (núm. 1): 8-9. Paracobitis tigris (Heckel, 1843) Paracobitis variegatus (Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)Sauvage, H. E. & Dabry de Thiersant, P. 1874. Notes sur les poissons des eaux douces de la Chine. Annales de sciences naturelles, Paris (Zool.) (Sér. 6) v. 1 (art. 5): 1-18. Paracobitis vignai (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998) Paracobitis wujiangensis (Ding & Deng, 1990)BioLib AQUATAB.NETFishBase Catalogue of Life Dictionary of Common (Vernacular) Names IUCN UNEP-WCMC Species Database
Observacions Només Paracobitis oligolepis apareix a Llista Vermella de la UICN.IUCN
Referències
Bibliografia Chen, Y.-R., J.-X. Yang, B. Sket i G. Aljancic 1998: A new blind cave loach of Paracobitis with comment on its characters evolution. Zoological Research v. 19 (núm. 1): 59-63. Ding, R.-H. i Q.-X. Deng 1990: The Noemacheilinae fishes from Sichuan, with description of a new species I. Paracobitis, Nemacheilus and Oreias (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Zoological Research v. 11 (núm. 4): 285-290.
Li, W.-X., J.-C. Ran i H.-M. Chen 2006: A new species of Paracobitis from Guizhou, China. Journal of Zhanjiang Ocean University v. 26 (núm. 4): 1-2.
Ran, J.-C., W.-X. Li i H.-M. Chen 2006: A new species of blind loach of Paracobitis from Guangxi, China (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Guangxi Shifan Daxue Xuebao Ziran Kexue Ban v. 24 (núm. 3): 81-82.
Yang, J.-X., Y.-R. Chen i M. Kottelat 1994: Subspecific differentiation of Paracobitis variegatus with comments on its zoogeography. Zoological Research v. 15: 58-67. Zhou, W. i J.-C. He 1993: Paracobitis distributed in Erhai area, Yunnan, China (Pisces: Cobitidae). Zoological Research v. 14 (núm. 1): 5-9.