Cobitis puncticulata
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820704 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FE7F-FE37-2885-F99FFDE8F927 |
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Felipe |
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Cobitis puncticulata |
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Cobitis puncticulata View in CoL
Common name. Brown spined loach.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Cobitis in Marmara basin by: ● body brownish / ● blotches of zone Z2 and Z4 very small, indistinct, or confluent / ○ flank pigmented below zone Z4 / ○ one lamina circularis in male. Size up to 78 mm SL.
Distribution. Türkiye: Lakes Manyas and Ulubat basins; Greece and Türkiye: lower Maritza drainage.
Conservation status. VU; appears to be declining within its small range.
Further reading. Freyhof et al. 2018c (description).
Habitat. Still to moderately flowing streams with muddy bottoms.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range.
Further reading. Erk’akan et al. 1998 (description); Freyhof et al. 2008 (record from Greece); Freyhof et al. 2018c (description, distribution).
Cobitis saniae ; Sefid drainage, Iran; female, 85 mm SL.
Cobitis saniae ; Lenkoran, Azerbaijan; female, 80 mm SL.
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