Cobitis afifeae 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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.55730/1300-0179.3147
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F3D57F-ED4A-FFF5-FD5B-FF220095FBAB
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Cobitis afifeae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
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Treatment

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

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis afifeae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018: 41 , figs. 30-32 [Büyük Menderes River at Cindere about 9 km south of Güney, Denizli Province, Türkiye, 38.083 29.014; holotype: ZFMK ICH-99950]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2018: 41, figs. 30-32) GoogleMaps .

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: Küçük Menderes and Büyük Menderes rivers drainages. ― Distribution in river basins: 7-Büyük Menderes. ― General distribution: Asia Minor: Küçük Menderes and Büyük Menderes River drainages ( Türkiye)― Distribution in ecoregions: 429-Western 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. ― Moderate sensitivity to human activities. ― Keystone species.― Decline status: Unknown. ― Moderate priority for conservation action.