Paracobitis malapterura

Paracobitis malapterura
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Paracobitis
Species:	P. malapterura
Binomial name
	Paracobitis malapterura; Valenciennes, 1846
Synonyms
	Cobitis malapterura Valenciennes, 1846 ; Nemacheilus malapterurus (Valenciennes, 1846) ; Nemacheilus malapterurus malapterurus (Valenciennes, 1846) ; Nemachilus malapterurus (Valenciennes, 1846) ; Paracobitis malapterurus (Valenciennes, 1846) ; Paracobitis iranica Nalbant & Bianco, 1998;

The Western crested loach, Paracobitis malapterura is a species of stone loach endemic to the Tigris–Euphrates river system. This species reaches a length of 12.6 cm (5.0 in).^[1]^[2]

References

^ Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh and M. Geiger, 2014. Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from the Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 25(1):11-38.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paracobitis malapterura". FishBase. February 2015 version.

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