- Cobitis arachthosensis
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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, 1996Cobitis 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]
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References
- Crivelli, A.J. (2005a). Cobitis arachthosensis. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 19 July 2007.
- Crivelli, A.J. (2005b). Cobitis hellenica. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 19 July 2007.
- FishBase (2008): Cobitis species. Version of 2008-MAY-03. Retrieved 2008-AUG-15.
- Perdices, Anabel; Bohlen, Jörg & Doadrio, Ignacio (2008): The molecular diversity of adriatic spined loaches (Teleostei, Cobitidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 46(1): 382–390. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.007 (HTML abstract)
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