''Protocobitis'' is a genus of

loaches 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 ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and living in caves.Ma, L.; and Y.-H. Zhao (2012). Cavefish of China. Pp. 107—125 in: White, W.B.; and D.C. Cuvier, editors. Encyclopedia of Caves. Elsevier.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Protocobitis anteroventris'' J. H. Lan, 2013Lan, J., Gan. X., Wu. T. & Yang, J. (2013): ''Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China.'' Science Press, Beijing. 1-266. * '' Protocobitis polylepis'' Y. Zhu, Y. J. Lu, J. X. Yang & S. Zhang, 2008 * '' Protocobitis typhlops'' J. X. Yang & Y. R. Chen, 1993

References

* 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.'' Cave fish Cobitidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cobitidae-stub