Cobitis aliyeae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 333

Cobitis aliyeae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018 [E] ― Aliye’s spined loach/Taşısıran

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis aliyeae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018: 45 , figs. 33-35 [Seyhan River below water regulation doors at Yüreyir, south of Adana, Adana Province, Türkiye, 36.975°N, 35.335°E; holotype: ZFMK ICH-97840]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2018: 45, figs. 33-35) .

Status in Türkiye. Recorded from Türkiye in the original description by Freyhof et al. (2018) Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Çiçek et al. (2018a, 2020). ― Turkish material: ZFMK.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Lower reaches of the Seyhan and Ceyhan river drainages. ― Distribution in river basins: 18-Seyhan, 20-Ceyhan. ― General distribution: Lower reaches of the Seyhan and Ceyhan river drainages ( Türkiye) ― Distribution in ecoregions: 432-Southern Anatolia. ― Habitat: This species lives in streams with clear water and bottoms with sand or fine gravel. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: NE (2023). ― Threats: Unknown. ― High sensitivity to human activities. ― Keystone species. ― Decline status: Unknown. ― Moderate priority for conservation action.