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Paracobitis malapterura

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Species of stone loach

Paracobitis malapterura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracobitis
Species: P. malapterura
Binomial name
Paracobitis malapterura
Valenciennes, 1846
Synonyms
  • Cobitis malapterura Valenciennes, 1846
  • Nemacheilus malapterurus (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Nemacheilus malapterurus malapterurus (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Nemachilus malapterurus (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Paracobitis malapterurus (Valenciennes, 1846)
  • Paracobitis iranica Nalbant & Bianco, 1998

The Western crested loach, Paracobitis malapterura is a species of stone loach endemic to the Tigris–Euphrates river system. This species reaches a length of 12.6 cm (5.0 in).

References

  1. Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh and M. Geiger, 2014. Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from the Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 25(1):11-38.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paracobitis malapterura". FishBase. February 2015 version.
Taxon identifiers
Paracobitis malapterura


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