Paracanthocobitis botia

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Mottled zipper loach

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Devi, R. |author2=Boguskaya, N. |date=2009 |title=Paracanthocobitis botia |volume=2009 |page=e.T166465A6215041 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T166465A6215041.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| image = Nemacheilus botia Day 156.jpg

| taxon = Paracanthocobitis botia

| authority = (F. Hamilton, 1822)

| synonyms = *Acanthocobitis botia (Hamilton, 1822)

• Cobitis botia Hamilton, 1822
• Nemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822)
• Noemacheilus botia (Hamilton, 1822)
• Botia nebulosa Blyth, 1860
• Nemachilus mackenziei Chaudhuri, 1910

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Paracanthocobitis botia also known as the mottled zipper loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Paracanthocobitis. This species is known from the mainstem, and possibly tributaries of the Brahmaputra River, in Assam, India.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.