Paracanthocobitis hijumensis, a new species of zipper loach from the Arunachal Himalaya, northeastern India (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae).

Paracanthocobitis hijumensis, new species, is described from the Hijum River, a tributary of the upper Brahmaputra River in Arunachal Pradesh, India. Paracanthocobitis hijumensis is distinguished from all five species of the P. zonalternans species complex, viz.