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Siberian Spined Loach (Cobitis melanoleuca)
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Siberian Spined Loach (Cobitis melanoleuca) specimen
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Cobitidae

Siberian Spined Loach

Cobitis melanoleuca

Twenty Centimeters Loach of Chinese Seas

  • Black
  • White
  • Temperate
  • Transcontinental
  • Freshwater fish
  • Central Asia
  • East Asia
  • Europe
  • Elongated
  • Medium
  • Temperate fish

Siberian Spined Loach is a freshwater fish of Europe. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The largest recorded length is 20 cm.

Family
Cobitidae
Genus
Cobitis
Maximum length
20 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
Europe: Don, Kuban, Volga, Ural and Eya drainages (Ref. 59043 ). Asia: in most Siberian drainages, eastward to Amur and Huang He rivers in China (Ref. 59043 ), the Nura River in Kazakhstan and in rivers of Primor`e, Korea (Ref. 26334 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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