Cobitis joergbohleni

Common name. Sultan spined loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Cobitis in Mediterranean basin east of Eşen and endorheic basins in Central Anatolia by: ○ flank pattern not organised in Gambetta zones, completely disorganised into a pattern of many small spots and blotches / ○ two laminae circularis in male / ○ black spot present at upper caudal base, often very small and best seen in life individuals / ○ 5–8 dark-brown, large and roundish blotches on back anterior to dorsal origin / ○ mental lobe short, not reaching beyond lower lip; caudal slightly rounded / ○ prepelvic length 58–59 % SL / ○ preanal distance 81–82 % SL in female. Size up to 70 mm SL.

Distribution . Türkiye: Sultan marshes in Develi depression.

Habitat. Springs, streams, and canals, usually on sand or fine gravel in slow or moderate fast-flowing waters.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. CR; see comments under Pseudophoxinus elizavetae .

Remarks. Cobitis fusunae is a synonym.

Further reading. Freyhof et al. 2018c (description); Özdemir 2019 ( C. fusunae).