| Cobitidae | |
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| Cobitis biwae | |
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| Cobitis paludica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Superfamily: | Cobitoidea |
| Family: | Cobitidae Swainson, 1838 |
| Type species | |
| Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758
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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 includes about 260 described species. New species are being described regularly.[2][3][4]
- ^ Page, L.M. & Tangjitjaroen, W. (2015). "Aperioptus pictorius Richardson 1848 is a senior synonym of Acanthopsoides molobrion Siebert 1991, and Aperioptus is a senior synonym of Acanthopsoides Fowler 1934 (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3962 (1): 179–181. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.10. PMID 26249384.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Family Cobitidae". FishBase. October 2015 version.
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Nelsonwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ 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.