Paracobitis longicauda

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: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracobitis
Species: Paracobitis longicauda

Name

Paracobitis longicauda (Kessler, 1872)

• Holotype (unique): ZISP 2628.

Type locality: Ak-Darya River, Uzbekistan.

Etymology: From longus (= long), and cauda (= tail), referring to long caudal peduncle. (From The ETYFish Project)

Synonyms

• Cobitis longicauda Kessler, 1872

Vernacular names

English: Eastern Crested Loach

References

• Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh & M.F. Geiger, 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. Abstract Reference page. 
• Kessler, K. F., 1872: Ichthyological Fauna of Turkestan. Izvestiia Imperatorskago Obschchestva Liubitelei Estestvozaniia, Antropologii i Etnografii 10 (1): 47–76, Pls. 6-12.

Links

• Paracobitis longicauda in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Paracobitis longicauda in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.