Cobitis elongata
| Balkan Loach | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Cobitis |
| Species: | C. elongata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cobitis elongata Heckel & Kner, 1858 | |
The Balkan Loach (Cobitis elongata) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cobitidae family. It is found in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, and Turkey.
In the most recent (2008) assessment, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists the Balkan Loach's status as "least concern".
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Cobitis elongata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
External links
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Cobitis elongata" in FishBase. 02 2008 version.