''Cobitis'' is a

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of small

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in the

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Cobitidae Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most "loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includ ...

from

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. It contains the "typical spiny

loach Loaches are fish of the superfamily Cobitoidea. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the 1249 known species of C ...

es", including the well-known

spined loach The spined loach (''Cobitis taenia'') is a common freshwater fish in Europe. It is sometimes known as spotted weather loach, not to be confused with the "typical" weather loaches of the genus ''Misgurnus''. This is the type species of the spiny l ...

of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally south of the range of ''Cobitis'', are nowadays separated in ''

Sabanejewia The golden loaches (''Sabanejewia'') are a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. Species There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus: * '' Sabanejewia aurata'' ( De Filippi, 1863) ** '' Sabanejewia aurata aralensis'' (Kes ...

''.Perdices, A., Bohlen, J. & Doadrio, I. (2008)
The molecular diversity of adriatic spined loaches (Teleostei, Cobitidae).
''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46 (1): 382–390.''

Species

There are currently 96 recognized species in this genus: * ''

Cobitis amphilekta ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2012 (Khvalyn spined loach) Vasil'eva, E.D. & Vasil'ev, V.P. (2012)
''Cobitis amphilekta'' sp. nova, a New Species of Spined Loaches (Cobitidae, Cypriniformes) from the Caspian Sea Basin.
''Journal of Ichthyology, 52 (3): 200–206.'' * ''

Cobitis arachthosensis ''Cobitis arachthosensis'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the true loach family (Cobitidae). It is endemic to Greece. It belongs to the subgenus ''Bicanestrinia'', together with '' C. hellenica'', '' C. meridionalis'', and '' C. trichonica' ...

'' Economidis & Nalbant, 1996 * ''

Cobitis arenae ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' ( S. Y. Lin, 1934) * ''

Cobitis australis ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' Y. X. Chen, Y. F. Chen & D. K. He, 2013 Chen, Y.-X., Chen, Y.-F. & He, D.-K. (2013): A new species of spined loach (Osteichthyes, Cobitidae) from the Pearl River, Guangxi of China. ''Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 38 (2): 377-387.'' * ''

Cobitis avicennae ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring general ...

'' Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Esmaeili, Geiger & Freyhof, 2015 (Zagros spined loach) Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vatandoust, S., Esmaeili, H.R., Geiger, M.F. & Freyhof, J. (2015)
''Cobitis avicennae'', a new species of spined loach from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cobitidae).
''Zootaxa, 3914 (5): 558–568.'' * ''

Cobitis baishagensis ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' Y. X. Chen, X. Y. Sui, N. Liang & Y. F. Chen, 2015 Chen, Y., Sui, X., Liang, N. & Chen, Y. (2015)
Two new species of the genus ''Cobitis'' Linnaeus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from southern China.
''Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 34 (3): 517–525.'' * '' Cobitis battalgili'' Băcescu, 1962 (Battalgil's spined loach) * '' Cobitis bilineata''

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, 1865 * '' Cobitis bilseli'' Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir spined loach) * ''

Cobitis biwae ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family (biology), family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known Cobitis taenia, spined loach of Europe. Similar sp ...

'' D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 * '' Cobitis brevifasciata'' ( I. S. Kim & W. O. Lee, 1995) Perdices, A., Bohlen, J., Šlechtová, V. & Doadrio, I. (2016)
Molecular Evidence for Multiple Origins of the European Spined Loaches (Teleostei, Cobitidae).
''PLoS ONE, 11 (1): e0144628.'' * ''

Cobitis calderoni ''Cobitis calderoni'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat redu ...

'' Băcescu, 1962 * '' Cobitis choii'' I. S. Kim & Y. M. Son, 1984 (Choi's spined loach) * '' Cobitis crassicauda'' Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2013 Chen, Y. & Chen, Y. (2013)
Three new species of cobitid fish (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from the River Xinjiang and the River Le’anjiang, tributaries of Lake Poyang of China, with remarks on their classification.
''Folia Zoologica, 62 (2): 83-95.'' * ''

Cobitis dalmatina ''Cobitis dalmatina'' ( hr, Cetinski vijun) is a species of ray-finned fish in the true loach family (Cobitidae). It is endemic to Croatia.Crivelli (2005) This fish was long believed to be part of the widespread Spined Loach (''C. taenia''). Cl ...

'' S. L. Karaman, 1928 * ''

Cobitis damlae ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family (biology), family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known Cobitis taenia, spined loach of Europe. Similar sp ...

'' Erk' Akan & Özdemir, 2014 (Dalaman spined loach) Erkakan, F. & Özdemir, F. (2014)
The first new cave fish species, ''Cobitis damlae'' (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Turkey.
''Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, 42 (2): 275–279.'' * ''

Cobitis delicata ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

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, 1937 * '' Cobitis dolichorhynchus''

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, 1918 * '' Cobitis dorademiri'' Erk' Akan, Özdemir & Özeren, 2017 Erkakan, F., Özdemir, F. & Özeren, S.C. (2017)
Two new species of the genus ''Cobitis'' Linnaeus (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Turkey.
''FishTaxa, 2 (2): 82-89.'' * '' Cobitis elazigensis''

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& Sarıeyyüpoglu, 1988 (Tigris spined loach) * '' Cobitis elongata'' Heckel & Kner, 1857 * ''

Cobitis elongatoides ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally ...

'' Băcescu & R. F. Mayer, 1969 * ''

Cobitis evreni ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' Erk' Akan, Özeren & Nalbant, 2008 (Ceyhan spined loach) * '' Cobitis fahireae'' Erk' Akan, Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998 (Küçük Menderes spined loach) * ''

Cobitis faridpaki ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family (biology), family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known Cobitis taenia, spined loach of Europe. Similar sp ...

'' Mousavi-Sabet, Vasil'eva, Vatandoust & Vasil'ev, 2011 Mousavi-Sabet, H., Vasil'eva, E.D., Vatandoust, S. & Vasil'ev, V.P. (2011)
''Cobitis faridpaki'' sp. nova — a New Spined Loach Species (Cobitidae) from the Southern Caspian Sea Basin (Iran).
''Journal of Ichthyology, 51 (10): 925–931.'' * '' Cobitis fasciola'' Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2013 * '' Cobitis gracilis'' Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2016 Chen, Y. & Chen, Y. (2016)
A new species of the genus ''Cobitis'' (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from the Northeast China.
''Zoological Systematics, 41 (4): 379-391.'' * '' Cobitis guttatus'' ( V. H. Nguyễn, 2005) * ''

Cobitis hankugensis ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' I. S. Kim,

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, Y. M. Son & Nalbant, 2003 * ''

Cobitis hellenica ''Cobitis hellenica'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the true loach family (Cobitidae). It is endemic to Greece.Crivelli (2005b) It belongs to the subgenus ''Bicanestrinia'', together with '' C. arachthosensis'', '' C. meridionalis'' and '' ...

'' Economidis & Nalbant, 1996 * '' Cobitis hereromacula'' Y. X. Chen, X. Y. Sui, N. Liang & Y. F. Chen, 2015 * '' Cobitis herzegoviniensis''

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& Šanda, 2014 Buj, I., Šanda, R., Marčić, Z., Ćaleta, M. & Mrakovčić, M. (2014)
Combining Morphology and Genetics in Resolving Taxonomy – A Systematic Revision of Spined Loaches (Genus ''Cobitis''; Cypriniformes, Actinopterygii) in the Adriatic Watershed.
''PLoS ONE, 9 (6): e99833.'' * '' Cobitis hugowolfeldi'' ( Nalbant, 1993) * '' Cobitis illyrica'' Freyhof & Stelbrink, 2007 * '' Cobitis jadovaensis'' Mustafić & Mrakovčić, 2008 * '' Cobitis kaibarai'' Nakajima, 2012 Nakajima, J. (2012)
Taxonomic study of the ''Cobitis striata'' complex (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae) in Japan.
''Zootaxa, 3586: 103–130.'' * '' Cobitis kellei'' Erk' Akan, Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998 (Göksu spined loach) * '' Cobitis koreensis'' I. S. Kim, 1975 * '' Cobitis laoensis'' ( Sauvage, 1878) * '' Cobitis laterimaculata'' J. P. Yan & M. L. Zheng, 1984 * '' Cobitis lebedevi'' Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 1985 * ''

Cobitis levantina ''Cobitis levantina'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found in Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are rivers, intermittent rivers, and irrigated land. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat de ...

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& Moubayed-Breil, 1992 (Orontes spined loach) * '' Cobitis linea'' ( Heckel, 1847) * ''

Cobitis longibarba ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' ( Y. F. Chen & Y. X. Chen, 2005) * '' Cobitis longicorpus'' I. S. Kim, K. C. Choi & Nalbant, 1976 * ''

Cobitis lutheri ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

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( de), 1935 (Luther's spined loach) * ''

Cobitis macrostigma ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' Dabry de Thiersant, 1872 * '' Cobitis magnostriata'' Nakajima, 2012 * ''

Cobitis maroccana ''Cobitis maroccana'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. Taxonomy The taxonomy of the Cobitis marrocana is as follows: *Kingdom-Animalia *Phylum-Chordata *Class-Actinopterygii *Order-Cypriniformes *Family-Cobitidae Bi ...

'' Pellegrin, 1929 * '' Cobitis matsubarai''

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, 1939 * '' Cobitis megaspila'' Nalbant, 1993 * '' Cobitis melanoleuca''

, 1925 * '' Cobitis meridionalis'' S. L. Karaman, 1924 * ''

Cobitis microcephala ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2011 Chen, Y. & Chen, Y. (2011)
Two new species of cobitid fish (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from the River Nanliu and the River Beiliu, China.
''Folia Zoologica, 60 (2): 143–152.'' * ''

Cobitis minamorii ''Cobitis minamorii'' is a species of fish in the family (biology), family Cobitidae found in the rivers flowing into Seto Inland Sea, San'yō region, San'yō district, western Honshu: Okayama Prefecture, Okayama and Hiroshima Prefectures in Japa ...

'' Nakajima, 2012 * '' Cobitis minhi'' S. V. Ngô, 2008 * ''

Cobitis multifasciata ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring general ...

'' Wakiya & T. Mori, 1929 * '' Cobitis multimaculata'' Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2011 * ''

Cobitis nalbanti ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' Vasil'eva, D. M. Kim, Vasil'ev, M. H. Ko & Y. J. Won, 2016 (Nalbant's spined loach) Vasil'eva, E.D., Kim, D., Vasil'ev, V.P., Ko, M.-H. & Won, Y.-J. (2016)
''Cobitis nalbanti'', a new species of spined loach from South Korea, and redescription of ''Cobitis lutheri'' (Teleostei: Cobitidae).
''Zootaxa, 4208 (6): 577-591.'' * ''

Cobitis narentana ''Cobitis narentana'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the true loach family (Cobitidae). It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia.Crivelli (2005) This fish was long believed to be part of the widespread Spined Loach (''C. taenia''). ...

'' S. L. Karaman, 1928 * ''

Cobitis ohridana ''Cobitis ohridana'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the true loach family (Cobitidae). It is only found in Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia.Crivelli (2005) This fish was long believed to be part of the widespread Spined Loach (''C. tae ...

'' S. L. Karaman, 1928 * ''

Cobitis pacifica ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' I. S. Kim,

& Nalbant, 1999 * '' Cobitis paludica'' ( F. de Buen, 1930) * ''

Cobitis phrygica ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

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, 1944 (Acı spined loach) * '' Cobitis pontica'' Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2006 (Pontic spined loach) * ''

Cobitis pumila ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' I. S. Kim & W. O. Lee, 1987 (Puan spined loach) * '' Cobitis puncticulata'' Erk' Akan, Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998 (Spotted spined loach) * '' Cobitis punctilineata'' Economidis & Nalbant, 1996 * '' Cobitis rara'' J. X. Chen, 1981 * '' Cobitis sakahoko'' Nakajima & Suzawa, 2015 Nakajima, J. & Suzawa, Y. (2015)
''Cobitis sakahoko'', a new species of spined loach (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from southern Kyushu Island, Japan.
''Ichthyological Research, 63 (1): 68–78.'' * '' Cobitis saniae'' Eagderi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Jalili, Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2017 Eagderi, S., Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Jalili, P., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Esmaeili, H.R. (2017)
Taxonomic status of the genus ''Cobitis'' Linnaeus, 1758 (Teleostei: Cobitidae) in the southern Caspian Sea basin, Iran with description of a new species.
''FishTaxa, 2 (1): 48-61.'' * ''

Cobitis satunini ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' Gladkov, 1935 * '' Cobitis shikokuensis'' Suzawa, 2006 * '' Cobitis sibirica'' Gladkov, 1935 * ''

Cobitis simplicispina ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family (biology), family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known Cobitis taenia, spined loach of Europe. Similar sp ...

'' Hankó ( hu), 1925 (Sakarya spined loach) * '' Cobitis sinensis'' Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874 (Siberian spined loach) * '' Cobitis sipahilerae'' Erk' Akan, Özdemir & Özeren, 2017 * ''

Cobitis splendens ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family (biology), family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known Cobitis taenia, spined loach of Europe. Similar sp ...

'' Erk' Akan, Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998 (Splendid spined loach) * '' Cobitis stenocauda'' Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2013 * '' Cobitis stephanidisi'' Economidis, 1992 * '' Cobitis striata''

, 1936 * '' Cobitis strumicae'' S. L. Karaman, 1955 (Bulgarian spined loach) * ''

Cobitis taenia The spined loach (''Cobitis taenia'') is a common freshwater fish in Europe. It is sometimes known as spotted weather loach, not to be confused with the "typical" weather loaches of the genus ''Misgurnus''. This is the type species of the spiny l ...

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, 1758 (Spined loach) * ''

Cobitis takatsuensis ''Cobitis takatsuensis'' is a species of fish in the in the family Cobitidae Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. ...

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, 1970 * '' Cobitis takenoi'' Nakajima, 2016 Nakajima, J. (2016)
''Cobitis takenoi'' sp. n. (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae): a new spined loach from Honshu Island, Japan.
''ZooKeys, 568: 119–128.'' * ''

Cobitis tanaitica ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally ...

'' Băcescu & R. F. Mayer, 1969 * '' Cobitis taurica'' Vasil'eva, Vasil'ev, Janko, Ráb & Rábová, 2005 * '' Cobitis tetralineata'' I. S. Kim,

& Nalbant, 1999 * ''

Cobitis trichonica ''Cobitis trichonica'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found only in Greece. It is threatened by water abstraction Water extraction (or water withdrawal) is the process of taking water from any source, either ...

'' Stephanidis, 1974 * '' Cobitis turcica'' Hankó ( hu), 1925 (Turkish spined loach) * ''

Cobitis vardarensis ''Cobitis vardarensis'', the Vardar spined loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the true loach family Cobitidae. Environment ''Cobitis vardarensis'' is recorded to be found in a freshwater environment within a demersal depth range. This spe ...

'' S. L. Karaman, 1928 (Vardar spined loach) * '' Cobitis vettonica'' Doadrio & Perdices, 1997 * ''

Cobitis xinjiangensis ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' ( Y. F. Chen & Y. X. Chen, 2005) * ''

Cobitis ylengensis ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' S. V. Ngô, 2003 * ''

Cobitis yongdokensis ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' ( I. S. Kim &

, 1997) * ''

Cobitis zanandreai ''Cobitis zanandreai'' is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found only in Central-Italy. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which ...

'' Cavicchioli, 1965 * ''

Cobitis zhejiangensis ''Cobitis'' is a genus of small freshwater fish in the family Cobitidae from temperate and subtropical Eurasia. It contains the "typical spiny loaches", including the well-known spined loach of Europe. Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally s ...

'' Y. M. Son & S. P. He, 2005

References

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