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Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Cypriniformes
family
Cobitidae
genus
Cobitis
species
Cobitis taenia

Name

Synonyms
Acanthopsis taenia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Acantopsis taenia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Cobites fluviatilis Dralet, 1821
Cobitinula anatoliae Hankó, 1925
Cobitis spilura Holandre, 1837
Cobitis taenia danubialis Nalbant, 1993
Cobitis taenia taenia
Cobitis taenioides Băcescu & Mayer, 1969
Homonyms
Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758
Common names
Akmeņgrauzis in Latvian
Almindelig pigsmerling in Danish
Almindelig pigsmerling in Danish
Cobite comune in Italian
Cobite europeo in Italian
Cobite fluviale in Italian
Cobite fluviale in Italian
Colmilleja in Spanish
Common Spined Loach in English
Dorngrundel in German
Dorngrundel in German
Gatet in Catalan–Valencian
Gwrachod Pigog in Welsh
Harilik hink in Estonian
Kleine modderkruiper in Dutch
Koza pospolita in Polish
Locha Espinosa in Spanish
Loche de rivière in French
Loche de rivière, Loche épineuse in French
Loche épineuse in French
Nissöga in Swedish
Paprastasis kirtiklis in Lithuanian
Pigsmerling in Danish
Pigsmerling in Danish
Sagmahi-e-jooibari in Persian
Spined Loach in English
Spined loach in English
Spotted Weather Loach in English
Steinbeisser in German
Steinbeisser in German
Steinbeisser in German
Steinbeißer in German
Steinbeißer in German
Steinbeißer in German
Verdemã in Portuguese
Verdemã-europeia in Portuguese
cobite comune in Italian
cobite comune in Italian
gwrachen bigog in Welsh
gwrachen bigog in Welsh
hink in Estonian
kirtiklis in Lithuanian
kirtiklis in Lithuanian
kleine modderkruiper in Dutch
kleine modderkruiper in Dutch
kleine modderkruiper in Dutch
koza in Polish
koza in Polish
kózka in Polish
kózka in Polish

Bibliographic References

  1. (2000) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2000
  2. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  3. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026.
  4. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1500 Cobitis Linnaeus, 1758 (Osteichthyes, Cypriniformes): Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758 designated as the type species, and the original spelling of the family-group name Cobitidae Swainson, 1839 confirmed.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45, 178-179 (1988)
  5. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al., 1991: World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. 243.
  8. Van Emmerik, W.A.M. & De Nie, H.W. (2005)
  9. WoRMS Editorial Board (2010) WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species
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