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Cobitidae (Spined loaches)
Etymology: Cobitis: Greek, kobitis, -idos = a kind of sardine; also related with the voice Greek, kobios, Latin gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); crassicauda: From the Latin crassus, meaning thick, and cauda, meaning tail, in reference to the caudal peduncle is thick. Used as noun..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Asia: River Xinjiang, a tributary of the Lake Poyang, River Yangtze system in China.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 9.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95089)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
spines
(total): 3;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 7;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 5. This species can be diagnosed from all congeners by having the following combination of characters: two stripe above lateral line, exceeding posteriorly the length of pectoral fins, and then scattered cloudly speckles between dorsal blotches and latera spots; 10-13 elongated oval blotches along midlateral line of body; one distintict black elongated or semicircular spot at the base of the caudal fin; slender and long needle-shaped lamina circularis in males; scales slightly elongated, with small focal area; caudal pedunce depth 1.1-1.2 (mean 1.1) times of its length in females and 1.1 in males; 4+37-38+1 vertebrae (Ref. 95089).
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Chen, Y.-X. and Y.-F. Chen, 2013. Three new species of cobitid fish (Teleostei, Cobitidae) from the River Xinjiang and the River Leánjiang, tributaries of Lake Poyang of China, with remarks on their classification. Folia Zoologica 62(2):83-95. (Ref. 95089)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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