Cobitis

Mousavi-Sabet, Hamed, Vatandoust, Saber, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Geiger, Matthias F. & Freyhof, Jörg, 2015, Cobitis avicennae, a new species of spined loach from the Tigris River drainage (Teleostei: Cobitidae), Zootaxa 3914 (5), pp. 558-568 : 558-568

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3914.5.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A6C5103F-A6E5-457E-8C95-43AD6B29918B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5673256

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2168FE04-FFFD-0B46-2FC2-3E1DFA3E0246

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Cobitis
status

 

Key to species of Cobitis View in CoL View at ENA in the Caspian Sea and Tigris basins

1a – Z4 consisting of indistinct minute dark grey roundish dots............................................... C. kellei View in CoL

1b – Z4 consisting of distinct, large dark blotches, usually horizontally elongated on anterior body, roundish or vertically elongated on caudal peduncle.................................................................................... 2

2a – Two large, roundish black spots on upper and lower caudal-fin base.................................. C. melanoleuca View in CoL

2b – No spot or one black spot on upper caudal-fin base........................................................... 3

3a – One large, roundish black spot on upper caudal-fin base............................................... C. keyvani View in CoL

3b – No spot or a small, usually comma-shaped black spot on upper caudal-fin base..................................... 4

4a – Subdorsal scales with a large focal zone (about ½ of maximum scale diameter)..................................... 5

4b – Subdorsal scales with a small focal zone (about or less than 1/10 of maximum scale diameter).......................... 6

5a – Very small black spot on upper caudal-fin base, usually absent........................................ C. amphilekta View in CoL

5b – Small, usually comma shaped black spot on upper caudal-fin base......................................... C. taenia View in CoL

6a – Z4 consisting of 12–17 dark-brown blotches; individuals larger than 65 mm SL with 5–6 rows of dark spots on dorsal and caudal fins.................................................................................... C. avicennae View in CoL

6b – Z4 consisting of 20–30 dark-brown blotches; individuals larger than 65 mm SL with 3–4 rows of dark spots on dorsal and caudal fins..................................................................................... C. faridpaki View in CoL

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