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Family: Cobitidae Spined loaches



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Photo by Baird, I.G.

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Acanthopsoides delphax Siebert, 1991

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Acanthopsoides delphax
[]

Photo by Baird, I.G.

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Acanthopsoides gracilentus (Smith, 1945)

Photo by Photo by Baird, I.G.
 
Acanthopsoides gracilentus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.4 cm SL
 
Acanthopsoides gracilis
[]

Photo by FAO

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Acanthopsoides hapalias Siebert, 1991

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Acanthopsoides hapalias
[]

Photo by Ott, G.

Asia
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
Acanthopsoides molobrion Siebert, 1991

Photo by Photo by Ott, G.
 
Acanthopsoides molobrion
[]
No picture found
 
Acanthopsoides namromensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
 
Acanthopsoides robertsi
[]

Photo by Wickham, M.

Asia
Max. Length 25 cm SL
Acantopsis dialuzona Van Hasselt, 1823

Photo by Photo by Wickham, M.
 
Acantopsis dialuzona
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.7 cm SL
 
Acantopsis dinema
[Peppered horseface loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.2 cm SL
 
Acantopsis ioa
[Slender horseface loach]
No picture found
 
Acantopsis multistigmatus
[]

Photo by Martin-Smith, K.

Asia
Max. Length 9.6 cm SL
Acantopsis octoactinotos Siebert, 1991

Photo by Photo by Martin-Smith, K.
 
Acantopsis octoactinotos
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.0 cm SL
 
Acantopsis rungthipae
[Piebald horseface loach]

Photo by Udomrittiruj, K.

Asia
Max. Length 30 cm NG
Acantopsis spectabilis (Blyth, 1860)

Photo by Photo by Udomrittiruj, K.
 
Acantopsis spectabilis
[]

Photo by Suvarnaraksha, A.

Asia
Max. Length 11.8 cm SL
Acantopsis thiemmedhi Sontirat, 1999

Photo by Photo by Suvarnaraksha, A.
 
Acantopsis thiemmedhi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
 
Bibarba bibarba
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
 
Bibarba parvoculus
[]

Photo by AquaNet

Asia
Max. Length 13.3 cm TL
Canthophrys gongota (Hamilton, 1822)

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Canthophrys gongota
[Gongota loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.1 cm SL
 
Cobitis afifeae
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis albicoloris
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
 
Cobitis aliyeae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
 
Cobitis amphilekta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.9 cm SL
 
Cobitis anabelae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.9 cm SL
 
Cobitis arachthosensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.0 cm SL
 
Cobitis arenae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.3 cm SL
 
Cobitis australis
[]

Photo by Mousavi-Sabet, H.

Asia
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
Cobitis avicennae Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Esmaeili, Geiger & Freyhof, 2015

Photo by Photo by Mousavi-Sabet, H.
 
Cobitis avicennae
[Zagros spined loach]

Photo by Güçlü, S.S.

Asia
Max. Length 7.2 cm SL
Cobitis battalgilae Băcescu, 1962

Photo by Photo by Güçlü, S.S.
 
Cobitis battalgilae
[Battalgil spined loach]

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Europe
Max. Length 10 cm SL
Cobitis bilineata Canestrini, 1865

Photo by Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv
 
Cobitis bilineata
[]

Photo by Gülle, İ,

Asia
Max. Length 23.5 cm TL
Cobitis bilseli Battalgil, 1942

Photo by Photo by Gülle, İ,
 
Cobitis bilseli
[Beysehir spined loach]

Photo by Collis, J.

Asia
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder, 1901

Photo by Photo by Collis, J.
 
Cobitis biwae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm TL
 
Cobitis brachysoma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.8 cm SL
 
Cobitis brevipinna
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm SL
 
Cobitis calderoni
[Lamprehuela]

Photo by Chae, B.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 8.5 cm TL
Cobitis choii Kim & Son, 1984

Photo by Photo by Chae, B.-S.
 
Cobitis choii
[Choi's spiny loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.6 cm SL
 
Cobitis crassicauda
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.7 cm SL
 
Cobitis dalmatina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.4 cm SL
 
Cobitis damlae
[Dalaman spined loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.8 cm SL
 
Cobitis dolichorhynchus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.1 cm SL
 
Cobitis dorademiri
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 16.3 cm SL
 
Cobitis elazigensis
[Tigris spined loach]

Photo by Kohout, J.

Europe
Max. Length 16 cm SL
Cobitis elongata Heckel & Kner, 1858

Photo by Photo by Kohout, J.
 
Cobitis elongata
[]

Photo by Kohout, J.

Europe
Max. Length 14.6 cm TL
Cobitis elongatoides Băcescu & Mayer, 1969

Photo by Photo by Kohout, J.
 
Cobitis elongatoides
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.7 cm SL
 
Cobitis emrei
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
 
Cobitis erkakanae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.7 cm SL
 
Cobitis evreni
[Ceyhan spined loach]

Photo by Giannetto, D.

Asia
Max. Length 10.4 cm TL
Cobitis fahireae Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998

Photo by Photo by Giannetto, D.
 
Cobitis fahireae
[Küçük Menderes spined loach]

Photo by Mousavi-Sabet, H.

Asia
Max. Length 8.7 cm TL
Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet, Vasil'eva, Vatandoust & Vasil'ev, 2011

Photo by Photo by Mousavi-Sabet, H.
 
Cobitis faridpaki
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.6 cm SL
 
Cobitis fasciola
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.4 cm SL
 
Cobitis fimbriata
[]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Europe
Max. Length 8.8 cm TL
Cobitis gladkovi Vasil'ev & Vasil'eva, 2008

Photo by Photo by Shandikov, G.A.
 
Cobitis gladkovi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.9 cm SL
 
Cobitis gracilis
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis guttata
[]

Photo by Chae, B.-S.

Asia

Cobitis hankugensis Kim, Park, Son & Nalbant, 2003

Photo by Photo by Chae, B.-S.
 
Cobitis hankugensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm SL
 
Cobitis hellenica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.6 cm SL
 
Cobitis herzegoviniensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
 
Cobitis illyrica
[]

Photo by Mustafic, P.

Europe

Cobitis jadovaensis Mustafic & Mrakovčić, 2008

Photo by Photo by Mustafic, P.
 
Cobitis jadovaensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7 cm SL
 
Cobitis joergbohleni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
 
Cobitis kaibarai
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.6 cm SL
 
Cobitis kellei
[Göksü spined loach]

Photo by Askari, G.

Asia
Max. Length 9.3 cm TL
Cobitis keyvani Mousavi-Sabet, Yerli, Vatandoust, Özeren & Moradkhani, 2012

Photo by Photo by Askari, G.
 
Cobitis keyvani
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
 
Cobitis kurui
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.6 cm SL
 
Cobitis laoensis
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis lebedevi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.7 cm SL
 
Cobitis leptosoma
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis levantina
[Orontes spined loach]

Photo by Esmaeili, H.R.

Asia
Max. Length 9.9 cm TL
Cobitis linea (Heckel, 1847)

Photo by Photo by Esmaeili, H.R.
 
Cobitis linea
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis longitaeniatus
[]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Cobitis lutheri Rendahl, 1935

Photo by Photo by CAFS
 
Cobitis lutheri
[Luther's spiny loach]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 13.7 cm SL
Cobitis macrostigma Dabry de Thiersant, 1872

Photo by Photo by CAFS
 
Cobitis macrostigma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.4 cm SL
 
Cobitis magnostriata
[]

Photo by Delgado Saez, J.A.

Africa
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Cobitis maroccana Pellegrin, 1929

Photo by Photo by Delgado Saez, J.A.
 
Cobitis maroccana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.4 cm SL
 
Cobitis matsubarae
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis megaspila
[]

Photo by Artaev, O.

Europe
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Cobitis melanoleuca Nichols, 1925

Photo by Photo by Artaev, O.
 
Cobitis melanoleuca
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm SL
 
Cobitis meridionalis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.0 cm SL
 
Cobitis microcephala
[]

Photo by Shiina, M.

Asia
Max. Length 7.4 cm SL
Cobitis minamorii Nakajima, 2012

Photo by Photo by Shiina, M.
 
Cobitis minamorii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.2 cm SL
 
Cobitis multimaculata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.2 cm TL
 
Cobitis narentana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.3 cm SL
 
Cobitis nigrolinea
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis nuicocensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 11.1 cm SL
 
Cobitis obtusirostra
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.8 cm SL
 
Cobitis ohridana
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.7 cm TL
 
Cobitis oxycephala
[]

Photo by Chae, B.-S.

Asia

Cobitis pacifica Kim, Park & Nalbant, 1999

Photo by Photo by Chae, B.-S.
 
Cobitis pacifica
[]

Photo by Ribeiro, F.

Europe
Max. Length 13 cm SL
Cobitis paludica (de Buen, 1930)

Photo by Photo by Ribeiro, F.
 
Cobitis paludica
[Raboseta]
No picture found
 
Cobitis phongnhaensis
[]

Photo by Güçlü, S.S.

Asia

Cobitis phrygica Battalgazi, 1944

Photo by Photo by Güçlü, S.S.
 
Cobitis phrygica
[Aci spined loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.4 cm SL
 
Cobitis pirii
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.1 cm SL
 
Cobitis pontica
[Pontic spined loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.8 cm SL
 
Cobitis puncticulata
[Spotted spined loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 10 cm SL
 
Cobitis punctilineata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.9 cm SL
 
Cobitis qujiangensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.0 cm SL
 
Cobitis rara
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis rhodopensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.9 cm SL
 
Cobitis sakahoko
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis satunini
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.2 cm SL
 
Cobitis shikokuensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 14.5 cm TL
 
Cobitis sibirica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.4 cm TL
 
Cobitis simplicispina
[Sakarya spined loach]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 15.3 cm TL
Cobitis sinensis Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874

Photo by Photo by CAFS
 
Cobitis sinensis
[Siberian spiny loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.8 cm SL
 
Cobitis sipahilerae
[]

Photo by Güçlü, S.S.

Asia
Max. Length 10.5 cm TL
Cobitis splendens Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998

Photo by Photo by Güçlü, S.S.
 
Cobitis splendens
[Splendid spined loach]
No picture found
 
Cobitis squataeniatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.2 cm SL
 
Cobitis stenocauda
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm SL
 
Cobitis stephanidisi
[]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Cobitis striata Ikeda, 1936

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Cobitis striata
[]

Photo by Kutsarov, Y.

Europe
Max. Length 11 cm SL
Cobitis strumicae Karaman, 1955

Photo by Photo by Kutsarov, Y.
 
Cobitis strumicae
[Bulgarian spined loach]

Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver

Europe and Asia
Max. Length 13.5 cm TL
Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758

Photo by Photo by Muséum-Aquarium de Nancy/D. Terver
 
Cobitis taenia
[Spined loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.7 cm SL
 
Cobitis takatsuensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.5 cm SL
 
Cobitis takenoi
[]

Photo by Naseka, A.M.

Europe and Asia
Max. Length 9.5 cm SL
Cobitis tanaitica Băcescu & Mayer, 1969

Photo by Photo by Naseka, A.M.
 
Cobitis tanaitica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.7 cm SL
 
Cobitis taurica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.4 cm TL
 
Cobitis tetralineata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.2 cm TL
 
Cobitis trichonica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.6 cm SL
 
Cobitis troasensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 12.7 cm TL
 
Cobitis turcica
[Turkish spined loach]

Photo by Sediva, A.

Europe
Max. Length 11 cm TL
Cobitis vardarensis Karaman, 1928

Photo by Photo by Sediva, A.
 
Cobitis vardarensis
[Vardar spined loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm SL
 
Cobitis vettonica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.8 cm SL
 
Cobitis wumingensis
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis ylengensis
[]

Photo by Bianco, P.G.

Europe
Max. Length 7.5 cm SL
Cobitis zanandreai Cavicchioli, 1965

Photo by Photo by Bianco, P.G.
 
Cobitis zanandreai
[]
No picture found
 
Cobitis zhejiangensis
[]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Iksookimia hugowolfeldi Nalbant, 1993

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Iksookimia hugowolfeldi
[]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Iksookimia koreensis (Kim, 1975)

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Iksookimia koreensis
[]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 13.1 cm TL
Iksookimia longicorpa (Kim, Choi & Nalbant, 1976)

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Iksookimia longicorpa
[]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 6.5 cm TL
Iksookimia pumila (Kim & Lee, 1987)

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Iksookimia pumila
[Puan spine loach]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 8.9 cm SL
Iksookimia yongdokensis Kim & Park, 1997

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Iksookimia yongdokensis
[]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 6.0 cm SL
Kichulchoia brevifasciata (Kim & Lee, 1995)

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Kichulchoia brevifasciata
[]

Photo by Hong, Y.-K.

Asia
Max. Length 13.4 cm SL
Koreocobitis naktongensis Kim, Park & Nalbant, 2000

Photo by Photo by Hong, Y.-K.
 
Koreocobitis naktongensis
[]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 17 cm TL
Koreocobitis rotundicaudata (Wakiya & Mori, 1929)

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Koreocobitis rotundicaudata
[White nose loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
 
Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 13.5 cm SL
 
Kottelatlimia katik
[]

Photo by Ott, G.

Asia
Max. Length 4 cm SL
Kottelatlimia pristes (Roberts, 1989)

Photo by Photo by Ott, G.
 
Kottelatlimia pristes
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm SL
 
Lepidocephalichthys alkaia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm TL
 
Lepidocephalichthys annandalei
[Annandale loach]

Photo by Bakalial, B.

Asia
Max. Length 9.8 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys arunachalensis (Datta & Barman, 1984)

Photo by Photo by Bakalial, B.
 
Lepidocephalichthys arunachalensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.6 cm TL
 
Lepidocephalichthys barbatuloides
[]

Photo by Ratmuangkhwang, S.

Asia
Max. Length 9.1 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei (Blyth, 1860)

Photo by Photo by Ratmuangkhwang, S.
 
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei
[Burmese loach]

Photo by FAO

Asia
Max. Length 11 cm
Lepidocephalichthys birmanicus (Rendahl, 1948)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Lepidocephalichthys birmanicus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
 
Lepidocephalichthys coromandelensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.3 cm SL
 
Lepidocephalichthys eleios
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5 cm SL
 
Lepidocephalichthys furcatus
[]

Photo by Mrinal Kumar Das/S.C. Bordoloi

Asia
Max. Length 7.0 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis Pillai & Yazdani, 1976

Photo by Photo by Mrinal Kumar Das/S.C. Bordoloi
 
Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis
[]

Photo by Rahman, A.K.A.

Asia
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys guntea (Hamilton, 1822)

Photo by Photo by Rahman, A.K.A.
 
Lepidocephalichthys guntea
[Guntea loach]

Photo by Baird, I.G.

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Lepidocephalichthys hasselti (Valenciennes, 1846)

Photo by Photo by Baird, I.G.
 
Lepidocephalichthys hasselti
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 34 cm TL
 
Lepidocephalichthys irrorata
[Loktak loach]

Photo by Ramani Shirantha

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi (Deraniyagala, 1956)

Photo by Photo by Ramani Shirantha
 
Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi
[Jonklaas' s loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.4 cm SL
 
Lepidocephalichthys kranos
[]

Photo by Roberts, T.R.

Asia
Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
Lepidocephalichthys lorentzi (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)

Photo by Photo by Roberts, T.R.
 
Lepidocephalichthys lorentzi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 56 cm TL
 
Lepidocephalichthys manipurensis
[Yu loach]

Photo by Vidthayanon, C.

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm NG
Lepidocephalichthys micropogon (Blyth, 1860)

Photo by Photo by Vidthayanon, C.
 
Lepidocephalichthys micropogon
[]

Photo by Ramani Shirantha

Asia
Max. Length 38 cm SL
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis (Valenciennes, 1846)

Photo by Photo by Ramani Shirantha
 
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis
[Common spiny loach]
No picture found
 
Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm SL
 
Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini
[]

Photo by Panitvong, N.

Asia
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Lepidocephalus macrochir (Bleeker, 1854)

Photo by Photo by Panitvong, N.
 
Lepidocephalus macrochir
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.0 cm SL
 
Lepidocephalus nanensis
[]

Photo by Roberts, T.R.

Asia
Max. Length 7.5 cm TL
Lepidocephalus spectrum Roberts, 1989

Photo by Photo by Roberts, T.R.
 
Lepidocephalus spectrum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.1 cm SL
 
Microcobitis misgurnoides
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

Asia
Max. Length 28 cm SL
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842)

Photo by Photo by JJPhoto
 
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus
[Pond loach]
No picture found
 
Misgurnus buphoensis
[]

Photo by Tveskov, E.

Europe and Asia
Max. Length 30.7 cm TL
Misgurnus fossilis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Photo by Tveskov, E.
 
Misgurnus fossilis
[Weatherfish]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Misgurnus mizolepis Günther, 1888

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Misgurnus mizolepis
[Chinese muddy loach]

Photo by Naseka, A.M.

Asia
Max. Length 18.3 cm TL
Misgurnus mohoity (Dybowski, 1869)

Photo by Photo by Naseka, A.M.
 
Misgurnus mohoity
[]
No picture found
 
Misgurnus multimaculatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 15.6 cm TL
 
Misgurnus nikolskyi
[]
No picture found
 
Misgurnus tonkinensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
 
Neoeucirrhichthys maydelli
[Goalpara loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 11 cm TL
 
Niwaella delicata
[]
No picture found
 
Niwaella laterimaculata
[]
No picture found
 
Niwaella longibarba
[]

Photo by Kim, I.-S.

Asia
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Niwaella multifasciata (Wakiya & Mori, 1929)

Photo by Photo by Kim, I.-S.
 
Niwaella multifasciata
[]
No picture found
 
Niwaella xinjiangensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.3 cm SL
 
Pangio agma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm SL
 
Pangio alcoides
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
 
Pangio alternans
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
 
Pangio ammophila
[]

Photo by Greco, F.M.

Asia
Max. Length 12 cm SL
Pangio anguillaris (Vaillant, 1902)

Photo by Photo by Greco, F.M.
 
Pangio anguillaris
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm SL
 
Pangio apoda
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.1 cm SL
 
Pangio atactos
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.6 cm SL
 
Pangio bhujia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.5 cm SL
 
Pangio bitaimac
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.3 cm TL
 
Pangio borneensis
[]

Photo by Panitvong, N.

Asia
Max. Length 6 cm SL
Pangio cuneovirgata (Raut, 1957)

Photo by Photo by Panitvong, N.
 
Pangio cuneovirgata
[]

Photo by Ott, G.

Asia
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Pangio doriae (Perugia, 1892)

Photo by Photo by Ott, G.
 
Pangio doriae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.8 cm SL
 
Pangio elongata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm SL
 
Pangio filinaris
[]

Photo by Baird, I.G.

Asia
Max. Length 8 cm SL
Pangio fusca (Blyth, 1860)

Photo by Photo by Baird, I.G.
 
Pangio fusca
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.1 cm SL
 
Pangio goaensis
[Indian coolie-loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.0 cm SL
 
Pangio incognito
[]

Photo by Dikic, D.

Asia.
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Pangio kuhlii (Valenciennes, 1846)

Photo by Photo by Dikic, D.
 
Pangio kuhlii
[Coolie loach]

Photo by Hadiaty, R.K.

Asia
Max. Length 6.7 cm SL
Pangio lidi Hadiaty & Kottelat, 2009

Photo by Photo by Hadiaty, R.K.
 
Pangio lidi
[]
No picture found
 
Pangio longimanus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.2 cm SL
 
Pangio longipinnis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
 
Pangio lumbriciformis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6 cm SL
 
Pangio malayana
[]

Photo by Martin-Smith, K.

Asia
Max. Length 6.5 cm TL
Pangio mariarum (Inger & Chin, 1962)

Photo by Photo by Martin-Smith, K.
 
Pangio mariarum
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
 
Pangio muraeniformis
[]

Photo by Panitvong, N.

Asia
Max. Length 10 cm SL
Pangio myersi (Harry, 1949)

Photo by Photo by Panitvong, N.
 
Pangio myersi
[]

Photo by Hossain, M.A.R.

Asia
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Pangio oblonga (Valenciennes, 1846)

Photo by Photo by Hossain, M.A.R.
 
Pangio oblonga
[Java loach]

Photo by Mahalder, B.

Asia
Max. Length 6.5 cm TL
Pangio pangia (Hamilton, 1822)

Photo by Photo by Mahalder, B.
 
Pangio pangia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.2 cm SL
 
Pangio piperata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.1 cm SL
 
Pangio pulla
[]
No picture found
 
Pangio robiginosa
[]
No picture found
 
Pangio semicincta
[]

Photo by Ott, G.

Asia
Max. Length 8 cm TL
Pangio shelfordii (Popta, 1903)

Photo by Photo by Ott, G.
 
Pangio shelfordii
[Borneo loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
 
Pangio signicauda
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.1 cm TL
 
Pangio superba
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9.4 cm
 
Paralepidocephalus guishanensis
[]
No picture found
 
Paralepidocephalus yui
[]

Photo by CAFS

Asia
Max. Length 21.5 cm TL
Paramisgurnus dabryanus Dabry de Thiersant, 1872

Photo by Photo by CAFS
 
Paramisgurnus dabryanus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.6 cm SL
 
Protocobitis anteroventris
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
 
Protocobitis polylepis
[]

Photo by CAFS

Asia

Protocobitis typhlops Yang, Chen & Lan, 1993

Photo by Photo by CAFS
 
Protocobitis typhlops
[]

Photo by Abbasi, K.

Europe and Asia
Max. Length 14 cm TL
Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1863)

Photo by Photo by Abbasi, K.
 
Sabanejewia aurata
[Golden spined loach]

Photo by Pekarik, L.

Europe
Max. Length 9 cm SL
Sabanejewia balcanica (Karaman, 1922)

Photo by Photo by Pekarik, L.
 
Sabanejewia balcanica
[Balcan spined loach]

Photo by Shandikov, G.A.

Europe
Max. Length 9 cm SL
Sabanejewia baltica Witkowski, 1994

Photo by Photo by Shandikov, G.A.
 
Sabanejewia baltica
[]

Photo by Otel, V.

Europe
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Sabanejewia bulgarica (Drensky, 1928)

Photo by Photo by Otel, V.
 
Sabanejewia bulgarica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 8.8 cm TL
 
Sabanejewia caspia
[Caspian spined loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 10.5 cm TL
 
Sabanejewia caucasica
[Ciscaucasian spined loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
 
Sabanejewia kubanica
[]

Photo by Ott, G.

Europe
Max. Length 9 cm TL
Sabanejewia larvata (De Filippi, 1859)

Photo by Photo by Ott, G.
 
Sabanejewia larvata
[]

Photo by Ott, G.

Europe
Max. Length 12 cm TL
Sabanejewia romanica (Băcescu, 1943)

Photo by Photo by Ott, G.
 
Sabanejewia romanica
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 9 cm SL
 
Sabanejewia vallachica
[Eastern Carpathian golden loach]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.4 cm TL
 
Theriodes sandakanensis
[]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Acanthopsoides delphax Asia 6 SL 1991
Acanthopsoides gracilentus Asia 6 SL 1945
Acanthopsoides gracilis Asia 5.4 SL 1934
Acanthopsoides hapalias Asia 6 TL 1991
Acanthopsoides molobrion Asia 4.5 SL 1991
Acanthopsoides namromensis Asia 2005
Acanthopsoides robertsi Asia 5.5 SL 1991
Acantopsis dialuzona Asia 25 SL 1823
Acantopsis dinema Peppered horseface loach Asia 11.7 SL 2017
Acantopsis ioa Slender horseface loach Asia 13.2 SL 2017
Acantopsis multistigmatus Asia 2005
Acantopsis octoactinotos Asia 9.6 SL 1991
Acantopsis rungthipae Piebald horseface loach Asia 12.0 SL 2017
Acantopsis spectabilis Asia 30 NG 1860
Acantopsis thiemmedhi Asia 11.8 SL 1999
Bibarba bibarba Asia 5.5 SL 2007
Bibarba parvoculus Asia 5.7 SL 2015
Canthophrys gongota Gongota loach Asia 13.3 TL 1822
Cobitis afifeae Asia 8.1 SL 2018
Cobitis albicoloris Europe 1932
Cobitis aliyeae Asia 6.5 SL 2018
Cobitis amphilekta Asia 7.5 TL 2012
Cobitis anabelae Asia 7.9 SL 2018
Cobitis arachthosensis Mediterranean Sea 7.9 SL 1996
Cobitis arenae Asia 8.0 SL 1934
Cobitis australis Asia 8.3 SL 2013
Cobitis avicennae Zagros spined loach Asia 10.9 SL 2015
Cobitis battalgilae Battalgil spined loach Asia 7.2 SL 1962
Cobitis bilineata Europe 10 SL 1865
Cobitis bilseli Beysehir spined loach Asia 23.5 TL 1942
Cobitis biwae Asia 10.9 SL 1901
Cobitis brachysoma China, Guangdong, Suijang 5.5 TL 2018
Cobitis brevipinna Asia 5.8 SL 2017
Cobitis calderoni Lamprehuela Europe 10 SL 1962
Cobitis choii Choi's spiny loach Asia 8.5 TL 1984
Cobitis crassicauda Asia 9.6 SL 2013
Cobitis dalmatina Europe 6.7 SL 1928
Cobitis damlae Dalaman spined loach Asia 6.4 SL 2014
Cobitis dolichorhynchus Asia 10.8 SL 1918
Cobitis dorademiri Asia 8.1 SL 2017
Cobitis elazigensis Tigris spined loach Asia 16.3 SL 1988
Cobitis elongata Europe 16 SL 1858
Cobitis elongatoides Europe 14.6 TL 1969
Cobitis emrei Asia 7.7 SL 2018
Cobitis erkakanae Asia 6.5 SL 2018
Cobitis evreni Ceyhan spined loach Asia 11.7 SL 2008
Cobitis fahireae Küçük Menderes spined loach Asia 10.4 TL 1998
Cobitis faridpaki Asia 8.7 TL 2011
Cobitis fasciola Asia 10.6 SL 2013
Cobitis fimbriata Asia 6.4 SL 2017
Cobitis gladkovi Europe 8.8 TL 2008
Cobitis gracilis Asia 7.9 SL 2016
Cobitis guttata Asia 2005
Cobitis hankugensis Asia 2003
Cobitis hellenica Europe 9 SL 1996
Cobitis herzegoviniensis Europe 7.6 SL 2014
Cobitis illyrica Europe 6.5 SL 2007
Cobitis jadovaensis Europe 2008
Cobitis joergbohleni Asia 7 SL 2018
Cobitis kaibarai South East Asia 5.5 SL 2012
Cobitis kellei Göksü spined loach Asia 4.6 SL 1998
Cobitis keyvani Asia 9.3 TL 2012
Cobitis kurui Asia 4.5 SL 1998
Cobitis laoensis Asia 10.6 SL 1878
Cobitis lebedevi Asia 1985
Cobitis leptosoma Asia 11.7 SL 2015
Cobitis levantina Orontes spined loach Asia 1992
Cobitis linea Asia 9.9 TL 1847
Cobitis longitaeniatus Asia 2008
Cobitis lutheri Luther's spiny loach Asia 12 TL 1935
Cobitis macrostigma Asia 13.7 SL 1872
Cobitis magnostriata South East Asia 9.4 SL 2012
Cobitis maroccana Africa 8 TL 1929
Cobitis matsubarae Asia 10.4 SL 1939
Cobitis megaspila Europe 1993
Cobitis melanoleuca Europe 20 TL 1925
Cobitis meridionalis Europe 11 SL 1924
Cobitis microcephala Asia 6.0 SL 2011
Cobitis minamorii Asia 7.4 SL 2012
Cobitis multimaculata Asia 9.2 SL 2011
Cobitis narentana Europe 10.2 TL 1928
Cobitis nigrolinea Asia 6.3 SL 2017
Cobitis nuicocensis Asia 2005
Cobitis obtusirostra Asia 11.1 SL 2015
Cobitis ohridana Europe 6.8 SL 1928
Cobitis oxycephala South China, Hainan, Nand 6.7 TL 2018
Cobitis pacifica Asia 1999
Cobitis paludica Raboseta Europe 13 SL 1930
Cobitis phongnhaensis Asia 2008
Cobitis phrygica Aci spined loach Asia 1944
Cobitis pirii Asia 7.4 SL 2018
Cobitis pontica Pontic spined loach Europe 10.1 SL 2006
Cobitis puncticulata Spotted spined loach Europe and Asia 7.8 SL 1998
Cobitis punctilineata Europe 10 SL 1996
Cobitis qujiangensis Asia 6.9 SL 2017
Cobitis rara Asia 10.0 SL 1981
Cobitis rhodopensis Europe 1998
Cobitis sakahoko Asia 8.9 SL 2015
Cobitis satunini Asia 1935
Cobitis shikokuensis Asia 6.2 SL 2006
Cobitis sibirica Asia 14.5 TL 1935
Cobitis simplicispina Sakarya spined loach Asia 13.4 TL 1925
Cobitis sinensis Siberian spiny loach Asia 15.3 TL 1874
Cobitis sipahilerae Asia 8.8 SL 2017
Cobitis splendens Splendid spined loach Asia 10.5 TL 1998
Cobitis squataeniatus Asia 2008
Cobitis stenocauda Asia 9.2 SL 2013
Cobitis stephanidisi Europe 9 SL 1992
Cobitis striata Asia 10 TL 1936
Cobitis strumicae Bulgarian spined loach Europe 11 SL 1955
Cobitis taenia Spined loach Europe and Asia 13.5 TL 1758
Cobitis takatsuensis Asia 6.7 SL 1970
Cobitis takenoi Asia 8.5 SL 2016
Cobitis tanaitica Europe and Asia 9.5 SL 1969
Cobitis taurica Europe 9.7 SL 2005
Cobitis tetralineata Asia 12.4 TL 1999
Cobitis trichonica Europe 10.2 TL 1974
Cobitis troasensis Asia 7.6 SL 2018
Cobitis turcica Turkish spined loach Asia 12.7 TL 1925
Cobitis vardarensis Vardar spined loach Europe 11 TL 1928
Cobitis vettonica Europe 9 SL 1997
Cobitis wumingensis Asia 7.8 SL 2015
Cobitis ylengensis Asia 2003
Cobitis zanandreai Europe 7.5 SL 1965
Cobitis zhejiangensis Asia 2005
Iksookimia hugowolfeldi Asia 12 TL 1993
Iksookimia koreensis Asia 7.5 TL 1975
Iksookimia longicorpa Asia 13.1 TL 1976
Iksookimia pumila Puan spine loach Asia 6.5 TL 1987
Iksookimia yongdokensis Asia 8.9 SL 1997
Kichulchoia brevifasciata Asia 6.0 SL 1995
Koreocobitis naktongensis Asia 13.4 SL 2000
Koreocobitis rotundicaudata White nose loach Asia 17 TL 1929
Kottelatlimia hipporhynchos South East Asia 5.2 SL 2008
Kottelatlimia katik Asia 13.5 SL 1992
Kottelatlimia pristes Asia 4 SL 1989
Lepidocephalichthys alkaia Lepidocephalichthys al 3.8 SL 2010
Lepidocephalichthys annandalei Annandale loach Asia 9 TL 1912
Lepidocephalichthys arunachalensis Asia 9.8 TL 1984
Lepidocephalichthys barbatuloides Asia 4.6 TL 1851
Lepidocephalichthys berdmorei Burmese loach Asia 9.1 TL 1860
Lepidocephalichthys birmanicus Asia 11 1948
Lepidocephalichthys coromandelensis Asia 5.7 SL 1992
Lepidocephalichthys eleios Asia 2.3 SL 2017
Lepidocephalichthys furcatus Asia 5 SL 1933
Lepidocephalichthys goalparensis Asia 7.0 TL 1976
Lepidocephalichthys guntea Guntea loach Asia 15 TL 1822
Lepidocephalichthys hasselti Asia 6 SL 1846
Lepidocephalichthys irrorata Loktak loach Asia 34 TL 1921
Lepidocephalichthys jonklaasi Jonklaas' s loach Asia 6 TL 1956
Lepidocephalichthys kranos Lepidocephalichthys kr 4.4 SL 2010
Lepidocephalichthys lorentzi Asia 3.3 SL 1916
Lepidocephalichthys manipurensis Yu loach Asia 56 TL 2000
Lepidocephalichthys micropogon Asia 6 NG 1860
Lepidocephalichthys thermalis Common spiny loach Asia 38 SL 1846
Lepidocephalichthys tomaculum Asia. 1992
Lepidocephalichthys zeppelini Asia 2.6 SL 2010
Lepidocephalus macrochir Asia 9 TL 1854
Lepidocephalus nanensis Asia 8.0 SL 2014
Lepidocephalus spectrum Asia 7.5 TL 1989
Microcobitis misgurnoides Asia 4.1 SL 1944
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus Pond loach Asia 28 SL 1842
Misgurnus buphoensis Asia 1995
Misgurnus fossilis Weatherfish Europe and Asia 30.7 TL 1758
Misgurnus mizolepis Chinese muddy loach Asia 20 TL 1888
Misgurnus mohoity Asia 18.3 TL 1869
Misgurnus multimaculatus Asia 1944
Misgurnus nikolskyi Asia 15.6 TL 2001
Misgurnus tonkinensis Asia 1937
Neoeucirrhichthys maydelli Goalpara loach Asia 3.6 SL 1968
Niwaella delicata Asia 11 TL 1937
Niwaella laterimaculata Asia 1984
Niwaella longibarba Asia 2005
Niwaella multifasciata Asia 15 TL 1929
Niwaella xinjiangensis Asia 2005
Pangio agma Asia 6.3 SL 1992
Pangio alcoides Asia 3.9 SL 1993
Pangio alternans Asia 3.6 SL 1993
Pangio ammophila Asia 2.9 SL 2012
Pangio anguillaris Asia 12 SL 1902
Pangio apoda Asia 3.8 SL 2007
Pangio atactos Asia 5.1 SL 2009
Pangio bhujia Asia 2.6 SL 2019
Pangio bitaimac Asia 9.5 SL 2009
Pangio borneensis Asia 6.3 TL 1894
Pangio cuneovirgata Asia 6 SL 1957
Pangio doriae Asia 9 TL 1892
Pangio elongata Asia 4.8 SL 2007
Pangio filinaris Asia 3.8 SL 1993
Pangio fusca Asia 8 SL 1860
Pangio goaensis Indian coolie-loach Asia 3.1 SL 1972
Pangio incognito Asia 3.0 SL 1993
Pangio kuhlii Coolie loach Asia. 12 TL 1846
Pangio lidi Asia 6.7 SL 2009
Pangio longimanus Asia 2010
Pangio longipinnis Asia 6.2 SL 1992
Pangio lumbriciformis Asia 5.2 SL 2007
Pangio malayana Asia 6 SL 1956
Pangio mariarum Asia 6.5 TL 1962
Pangio muraeniformis Asia 3.6 SL 1933
Pangio myersi Asia 10 SL 1949
Pangio oblonga Java loach Asia 8 TL 1846
Pangio pangia Asia 6.5 TL 1822
Pangio piperata Asia. 5.2 SL 1993
Pangio pulla Asia. 6.1 SL 1993
Pangio robiginosa Asia. 1957
Pangio semicincta Asia 1940
Pangio shelfordii Borneo loach Asia 8 TL 1903
Pangio signicauda Asia 4.2 SL 2007
Pangio superba Asia 5.1 TL 1989
Paralepidocephalus guishanensis Asia 9.4 2004
Paralepidocephalus yui Asia 1935
Paramisgurnus dabryanus Asia 21.5 TL 1872
Protocobitis anteroventris Asia 7.6 SL 2013
Protocobitis polylepis Asia 3.3 SL 2008
Protocobitis typhlops Asia 1993
Sabanejewia aurata Golden spined loach Europe and Asia 14 TL 1863
Sabanejewia balcanica Balcan spined loach Europe 9 SL 1922
Sabanejewia baltica Europe 9 SL 1994
Sabanejewia bulgarica Europe 12 TL 1928
Sabanejewia caspia Caspian spined loach Caspian basin 8.8 TL 1838
Sabanejewia caucasica Ciscaucasian spined loach Asia and Europe 10.5 TL 1906
Sabanejewia kubanica Europe 6.5 SL 1988
Sabanejewia larvata Europe 9 TL 1859
Sabanejewia romanica Europe 12 TL 1943
Sabanejewia vallachica Eastern Carpathian golden loach Europe 9 SL 1957
Theriodes sandakanensis Asia 4.4 TL 1962



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