Paracanthocobitis (subgenus of Acanthocobitis) Grant [S.] 2007:3 Fem. Cobitis zonalternans Blyth 1860. Type by original designation. Grant included one species in Paracanthocobitis but stated that, " ... all the species listed as valid by Kottelat (1990) under Acanthocobitis appear to fall into the subgenus Paracanthocobitis." •Synonym of Acanthocobitis Peters 1861, but a questionable subgenus Paracanthocobitis Grant 2007 -- (with remarks that the subgenus is not available, Kottelat 2012:51 [ref. 31992], Kottelat 2012:74 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2013:198 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Acanthocobitis Peters 1861 -- (Prokofiev 2017:137 [ref. 35630]). •Valid as Paracanthocobitis Grant 2007 -- (Singer & Page 2015:378, 380 [ref. 33823], Singer et al. 2017:85 [ref. 35606], Arunkumar & Moyon 2019:101 [ref. 36799], Kottelat & Vishwanath 2021:14 [ref. 38137], Rime et al. 2022: 122 [ref. 39078], Dvořák et al. 2022:1 [ref. 39205], Lin et al. 2023:265 [ref. 39832]). Current status: Valid as Paracanthocobitis Grant 2007. Nemacheilidae.