Acanthocobitis

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Nemacheilus pavonaceus Day 153.jpg

| image_caption = Acanthocobitis pavonacea

| taxon = Acanthocobitis

| authority = Peters, 1861{{Cof family|family=Nemacheilidae|access-date=3 December 2024}}

| type_species = Acanthocobitis longipinnis

| type_species_authority = Peters 1861

}}

Acanthocobitis is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish of the stone loach family, Nemacheilidae. 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, Acanthocobitis pavonacea, in the current genus.{{ cite journal | author1 = Singer, R.A. | author2 = Page, L.M. | year = 2015 | title = Revision of the Zipper Loaches, Acanthocobitis and Paracanthocobitis (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae), with Descriptions of Five New Species | journal = Copeia | volume =103 | issue = 2 | pages = 378–401 | doi=10.1643/ci-13-128}}