Noemacheilus zonalternans is a Senior Synonym of Paracanthocobitis zonalternans.

Paracanthocobitis zonalternans (Blyth, 1860)

River Loach - Balichata - Native Fish - Wild (Freshwater)

view: Ventro-lateral [Hossain, 2019]

Systematic Position: [2]

Kingdom	:	Animalia
Phylum	:	Chordata
Class	:	Teleostei
Order	:	Cypriniformes
Family	:	Balitoridae
Genus	:	Acanthocobitis
Species	:	Paracanthocobitis zonalternans

Common Names:

English	:	River Loach[729] Creek Loach[17]
Bangla	:	Balichata[17] Gutum[729] Gutea[729] Gutia[729] Kholoi muchuri[729] Balichata[729]

Synonyms:

Acanthocobitis zonalternans (Blyth, 1860)
Cobitis zonalternans Blyth, 1860
Nemacheilus zonalternans (Blyth, 1860)
Noemacheilus zonalternans (Blyth, 1860)
Nemachilus zonalternans (Blyth, 1860)
Noemacheilus phuketensis (Non Klausewitz, 1957)

Maximum Length and Weight:

Data not available

Inter-Length Relationship:

Head length : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 5-5.3 : 4-4.2 ^[5]
Body height : Total length : Standard length = 1 : 6.5-7.5 : 5-6 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Head length = 1 : 4 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Snout length = 1 : 4.5 ^[5]
Eye Diameter : Inter orbial width = 1 : 1 ^[5]
Inter orbial width : Eye Diameter = 1 : 1 ^[5]

Taxonomic Formula:

D. 11(2/9); P₁. 10; P₂. 6; A. 7(2/5) ^{[Rahman, 2005]}
D iii 10; A iii 5-6; P i 11; V i 7 ^{[Talwar and Jhingran, 1991]}

Scales:

Data not available

Chemistry:

Data not available

Conservation Status:

Global	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [18]
Bangladesh	:	Least Concern (LC)	(Version 3.1) [290]

Occurrence/Distribution:

Global	:	Bangladesh[70] India[6] Myanmar[6] Thailand[51]
Bangladesh	:	Dahuki river (Piyan gang), Sylhet[5] Sunamganj haor region, Sunamganj[729]

Habitat and Environment:

Habitat: Data not available

Environment: