Cobitis avicennae

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Familia: Cobitidae
Genus: Cobitis
Species: Cobitis avicennae

Name

Cobitis avicennae Mousavi-Sabet et al., 2015

• Holotype: GUIC CC1462MA.
• Paratypes: GUIC CC1462M (6).

Type locality: Iran, Hamedan prov., Gamasiab River at Dehno, a tributary to Karkheh, 34°10’15"N, 48°21'19"E, altitude 1610 m.

Etymology: The species name avicennae is in honor of the Persian polymath Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Sīnā (Persian: Pur-e Sina [ˈpuːr ˈsiːnɑː] "son of Sina"; c. 980 – June 1037), commonly known as Ibn Sīnā or by his Latinized name Avicenna. Avicenna is regarded as the most influential polymath of the Islamic Golden Age: he wrote almost 450 treatises on a wide range of subjects. His mausoleum is in Hamedan City, near the Gamasiab River where C. avicennae has been collected.

References

• Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Vatandoust, S.; Esmaeili, H.R.; Geiger, M.F.; Freyhof, J. 2015. Cobitis avicennae, a new species of spined loach from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cobitidae). Zootaxa 3914(5): 558–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.4 Reference page.