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True Loaches
Cobitidae
Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most "loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includes about 260 described species. New species are being described regularly.
19 branches of this family, most-observed first · about 243 known species
Spined Loaches
genusCobitis
Weatherfishes
genusMisgurnus
Lepidocephalichthys
genusLepidocephalichthys
Pangio
genusPangio
Sabanejewia
genusSabanejewia
Koreocobitis
genusKoreocobitis
Acantopsis
genusAcantopsis
Kottelatlimia
genusKottelatlimia
Acanthopsoides
genusAcanthopsoides
Canthophrys
genusCanthophrys
Paralepidocephalus
genusParalepidocephalus
Microcobitis
genusMicrocobitis
Bibarba
genusBibarba
Lepidocephalus
genusLepidocephalus
Neoeucirrhichthys
genusNeoeucirrhichthys
Protocobitis
genusProtocobitis
Theriodes
genusTheriodes
Quintabarbates
genusQuintabarbates
Gitchak
genusGitchak
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85699.