Paracobitis malapterura

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: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracobitis
Species: Paracobitis malapterura

Name

Paracobitis malapterura (Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846)

• Syntypes: MNHN 0000-3962 (1), B-3070 [ex MNHN 0000-3962] (1).

Type locality: Sent from Syria.

Etymology: From malacos (= soft), and ptera (= fin), and oura (= tail), probably referring to dorsal adipose keel. (From The ETYFish Project)

Synonyms

• Cobitis malapterura Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846
• Paracobitis iranica Nalbant & Bianco, 1998

Vernacular names

English: Western Crested Loach

References

• Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh & M.F. Geiger, 2014: Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 11–38. Abstract Reference page. 
• Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. 1846. Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome dix-huitième. Suite du livre dix-huitième. Cyprinoïdes. Livre dix-neuvième. Des Ésoces ou Lucioïdes. 18: i–xix + 2 pp. + 1–505 + 2 pp., Pls. 520–553. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Paracobitis malapterura in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Paracobitis malapterura in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.