''Paracobitis'' is a
genus
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of
Asia
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n
stone loaches.
Species
Fishbase
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[ but this has been revised by other authorities with at least two species being moved to '']Schistura
''Schistura'' is a genus of fish in the stone loach family Nemacheilidae native to the streams and rivers of the southern and eastern Asia. Some of these species are troglobitic
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'' and a further two (''Paracobitis posterodorsalus'' and ''Paracobitis maolanensis'') being synonymised with '' Triplophysa longibarbata''.[Kottelat, M. (2012)]
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.'' Additionally, new species are still being discovered occasionally. ''Paracobitis salihae'' is the most recent and was described in 2020.[Esmaeili, H.R., Mousavi-Sabet, H., Sayyadzadeh, G., Vatandoust, S. & Freyhof, J. (2014): ''Paracobitis atrakensis'', a new species of crested loach from northeastern Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (3): 237-242.'']
* '' Paracobitis basharensis'' Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014 [Freyhof, J., Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Geiger, M. (2014): Review of the crested loaches of the genus ''Paracobitis'' from Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 11-38''.]
* '' Paracobitis boutanensis'' (McClelland McClelland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alyssa McClelland, Australian actress
* Charles A. McClelland (1917–2006), American political systems analyst
* Charles P. McClelland (1854–1944), New York politician, and US ...
, 1842)
* '' Paracobitis ghazniensis'' Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966
* '' Paracobitis hagiangensis'' ( V. H. Nguyễn, 2005)
* '' Paracobitis hircanica'' Mousavi-Sabet, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili, Eagderi, Patimar & Freyhof, 2015 [Mousavi-Sabet, H., Sayyadzadeh, G., Esmaeili, H.R., Eagderi, S., Patimar, R. & Freyhof, J. (2015): ''Paracobitis hircanica'', a new crested loach from the southern Caspian Sea basin (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (4): 339-346.'']
* '' Paracobitis iranica'' Nalbant & Bianco
Bianco is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Reggio Calabria, in southern Italy. It is a seaside town and a popular tourist resort. The main attractions are the remainings of an old abbey and the ruins of a Roman house.
See also
*Calabri ...
, 1998
* '' Paracobitis longicauda'' Kessler Kessler or Keßler (in German) may refer to:
* Kessler (automobile), an American automobile made 1921–1922
* Kessler (name), people named Kessler
* ''Kessler'' (TV series), a British television series from 1981
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, 1872 (Eastern crested loach)
* '' Paracobitis malapterura'' (Valenciennes
Valenciennes (, also , , ; nl, label=also Dutch, Valencijn; pcd, Valincyinnes or ; la, Valentianae) is a commune in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France.
It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced a s ...
, 1846) (Western crested loach)
* '' Paracobitis molavii'' Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014 Regan
The family name Regan, along with its cognates O'Regan, O Regan, Reagan, and O'Reagan, is an Anglicized form of the Irish surname Ó Riagáin or Ó Ríogáin, from Ua Riagáin. The meaning is likely to have originated in ancient Gaelic ''ri'' ...
, 1906)
*'' Paracobitis salihae'' Bianco
Bianco is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Reggio Calabria, in southern Italy. It is a seaside town and a popular tourist resort. The main attractions are the remainings of an old abbey and the ruins of a Roman house.
See also
*Calabri ...
, 1998
* '' Paracobitis zabgawraensis'' Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014
References
Nemacheilidae
Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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