Cobitis crassicauda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Cobitidae
Genus: Cobitis
Species: Cobitis crassicauda

Name

Cobitis crassicauda Chen & Chen, 2013

• Holotype: IHB 9607027.
• Paratypes: IHB 9607076-7, 9607078-80, 90iv0287, 90iv0291, 0509336, 0509356, 0509354, 0509327-335, 0509363, 0509357, 05090381-390, 303.

Type locality: China, Jiangxi Province, Yujiang County, River Xinjiang drainage, 28°12′N, 116°49′E [1].

Etymology: The specific epithet is a combination from the Latin crassus (= thick), and cauda (= tail), in reference to the relatively thick caudal peduncle.

References

• Chen, Y.-X. & Chen, Y.-F.; 2013: Three new species of cobitid fish (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from the River Xinjiang and the River Le’anjiang, tributaries of Lake Poyang of China, with remarks on their classification. Folia Zoologica, 62 (2): 83–95.