Cobitis arachthosensis

Cobitis arachthosensis
Cobitis arachthosensis
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Subfamily: Cobitinae
Genus: Cobitis
Species: C. arachthosensis
Binomial name
Cobitis arachthosensis
Economidis & Nalbant, 1996

Cobitis arachthosensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the true loach family (Cobitidae). It is endemic to Greece.[1].

It belongs to the subgenus Bicanestrinia, together with C. hellenica, C. meridionalis and C. trichonica. According to cladistic analysis of DNA sequence data (nDNA RAG-1 and S7 ribosomal protein intron 1, and mtDNA cytochrome b), the first of these is an extremely close relative and the present species might arguably be included in it. C. hellenica occurs in the Louros and Thiamis River basins, parapatric to the range of C. arachthosensis.[2]

Its natural habitats is the Arachthos River basin. It is threatened by habitat loss.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Crivelli (2005a)
  2. ^ Crivelli (2005a,b), Perdices et al. (2008)
  3. ^ Crivelli (2005a), Perdices et al. (2008)

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