| Paracobitis | |
|---|---|
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| Paracobitis malapterura | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Paracobitis Bleeker, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Cobitis malapterura (Valenciennes, 1846) | |
| Species | |
about 16, see text | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
Paracobitis is a genus of Asian stone loaches. [2]
Fishbase currently recognises 17 species in this genus [2] but this has been revised by other authorities with at least two species being moved to Schistura and a further two (Paracobitis posterodorsalus and Paracobitis maolanensis) being synonymised with Triplophysa longibarbata . [3] Additionally, new species are still being discovered occasionally. Paracobitis salihae is the most recent and was described in 2020. [4]
Alburnoides is a genus of cyprinid fishes native to Europe and Asia. Many species are known as riffle minnows or spirlins.
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 south of the range of Cobitis, are nowadays separated in Sabanejewia.
Garra is a genus of fish in the family Cyprinidae. These fish are one example of the "log suckers", sucker-mouthed barbs and other cyprinids commonly kept in aquaria to keep down algae. The doctor fish of Anatolia and the Middle East belongs in this genus. The majority of the more than 140 species of garras are native to Asia, but about one-fifth of the species are from Africa.
Garra typhlops, also known as the Iran cave barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to caves in Iran. Like other cave-adapted fish, it is blind and lacks pigmentation.
Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagroz blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.
The eastern crested loach is a species of stone loach native to Central Asia. This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.
Oxynoemacheilus is a genus of fish in the family Nemacheilidae found in Europe and Western Asia.
Paraschistura is a genus of stone loaches most of which occur in Central, South and Western Asia.
Turcinoemacheilus is a genus of stone loaches native to Asia.
The Nemacheilidae, or stone loaches, are a family of cypriniform fishes that inhabit stream environments, mostly in Eurasia, with one genus, Afronemacheilus found in Africa. The family includes about 790 species.
Paraschistura cristata also known as the Turkmenian crested loach is a species of stone loach found only in freshwater streams of Turkmenistan, Iran and Afghanistan in Central Asia.
The Western crested loach, Paracobitis malapterura is a species of stone loach endemic to the Tigris–Euphrates river system. This species reaches a length of 12.6 cm (5.0 in).
Paracobitis atrakensis is a species of stone loach, found in the Atrek and Bidvaz rivers drainage areas in northeastern Iran. This species reaches a length of 5 cm (2.0 in).
Paracobitis basharensis is a species of stone loach Found in the Bashar River, Karoun drainage in Iran. This species reaches a length of 6.1 cm (2.4 in).
Paracobitis zabgawraensis is a species of stone loach found in the Great Zab River in Iraqi Kurdistan and Habour in Turkey. This species reaches a length of 7.4 cm (2.9 in).
Paracobitis persa is a species of stone loach found in the Mallosjsn spring and Sivand River of the Kor basin in southern Iran. This species reaches a length of 8.1 cm (3.2 in).
Paracobitis molavii is a species of stone loach found in the Little Zab River in Iran and upper Sirwan (Kurdish) drainage [Sirvan (Persian) or Diyala (Arabic)] in Iran and Iraq. This species reaches a length of 7.3 cm (2.9 in).
Paracobitis vignai is a species of stone loach found in the Sistan basin in Iran. This species reaches a length of 14.2 cm (5.6 in).
Paracobitis hircanica, the Hircan crested loach is a species of stone loach is found in tributaries of the Gorgan River, Iran. This species reaches a length of 10.5 cm (4.1 in).
Paracobitis salihae is a species of stone loach found in the Euphrates River.
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