Paracobitis

Paracobitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracobitis
Bleeker, 1863

Paracobitis is a genus of Asian stone loaches.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[1]

References

  1. 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.
  2. Esmaeili, H.R., Mousavi-Sabet, H., Sayyadzadeh, G., Vatandoust, S. & Freyhof, J. (2014): Paracobitis atrakensis, a new species of crested loach from northeastern Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (3): 237-242.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Freyhof, J., Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G. & Geiger, M. (2014): Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 11-38.
  4. Mousavi-Sabet, H., Sayyadzadeh, G., Esmaeili, H.R., Eagderi, S., Patimar, R. & Freyhof, J. (2015): Paracobitis hircanica, a new crested loach from the southern Caspian Sea basin (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (4): 339-346.