Cobitis

Cobitis
Cobitis delicata
Cobitis paludica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Genus: Cobitis
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Cobitis taenia
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
See text
Synonyms
  • Acanestrinia Bǎcescu, 1962
  • Acanthopsis Agassiz, 1832
  • Acantophthalmus van Hasselt, 1823
  • Beyshehiria Erk'akan, Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1999
  • Bicanestrinia Bǎcescu, 1962
  • Cobitinula Hankó, 1924
  • Iberocobitis Bǎcescu, 1962
  • Iksookimia Nalbant, 1993[1]
  • Kichulchoia Kim, Park & Nalbant, 1999[1]
  • Niwaella Nalbant, 1963[1]

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.[2] Similar spiny loaches, occurring generally south of the range of Cobitis, are nowadays separated in Sabanejewia.[3]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Perdices2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cobitis". FishBase. June 2017 version.
  3. ^ Perdices, A., Bohlen, J. & Doadrio, I. (2008): The molecular diversity of adriatic spined loaches (Teleostei, Cobitidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 46 (1): 382–390.