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Cobitidae
Pontic spined loach
Cobitis pontica
Ten Point One Centimeters Loach of European Waters
- Temperate
- Lower river
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Europe
- Elongated
- Small
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallPontic spined loach is known from Europe as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Genus
- Cobitis
- Maximum length
- 10.1 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Europe: From Veleka (Bulgaria) to Istranca (Turkish Thrace) drainages (Ref. 57856 ); Marmara Sea basin and lower Sakarya drainage (Anatolia) (Ref. 59043 ).
- Conservation status
- NTNear Threatened
Class
Family
Conservation status
