Paracobitis Explained

Paracobitis is a genus of Asian stone loaches.

Species

Fishbase currently recognises 17 species in this genus 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.^[1] Additionally, new species are still being discovered occasionally. Paracobitis salihae is the most recent and was described in 2020.^[2]

• Paracobitis abrishamchiani Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Geiger & Freyhof, 2019
• Paracobitis atrakensis Esmaeili, Mousavi-Sabet, Sayyadzadeh, Vatandoust & Freyhof, 2014 ^[3] (Atrak crested loach)
• Paracobitis basharensis Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014 ^[4]
• Paracobitis ghazniensis Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1966
• Paracobitis hagiangensis (V. H. Nguyễn, 2005)
• Paracobitis hircanica Mousavi-Sabet, Sayyadzadeh, Esmaeili, Eagderi, Patimar & Freyhof, 2015 ^[5] (Hircan crested loach)
• Paracobitis longicauda Kessler, 1872 (Eastern crested loach)
• Paracobitis malapterura (Valenciennes, 1846) (Western crested loach)
• Paracobitis maolanensis Li, Ran & Chen, 2006
• Paracobitis molavii Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014 ^[4]
• Paracobitis persa Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014 ^[4]
• Paracobitis phongthoensis (V. H. Nguyễn, 2005)
• Paracobitis posterodorsalus Li, Ran & Chen, 2006
• Paracobitis rhadinaea (Regan, 1906)
• Paracobitis salihae
• Paracobitis vignai Nalbant & Bianco, 1998
• Paracobitis zabgawraensis Freyhof, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh & Geiger, 2014 ^[4]

Notes and 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. Kaya. Cüneyt. Turan. Davut. Kalayci. Gökhan. Bayçelebi̇. Esra. Freyhof. Jörg. 2020-08-28. The westernmost known population of Paracobitis (Teleostei, Nemacheilidae), with the description of a new species from the Euphrates River in southern Anatolia. Zootaxa. en. 4838. 4. 525–534. 10.11646/zootaxa.4838.4.6. 1175-5334.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.