Golden loach

Golden loach
Sabanejewia aurata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Genus:
Vladykov, 1929
Type species
Cobitis balcanica
Synonyms
  • Andrzewia Vasil'eva, Solovyeva & Vasil'ev 2022[1]

The golden loaches (Sabanejewia) are a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae.

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[2][3]

  • Sabanejewia aralensis (Kessler, 1877) (Aral spined loach)
  • Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1863) (golden spined loach)
  • Sabanejewia balcanica (S. L. Karaman, 1922) (Balkan golden loach)
  • Sabanejewia baltica Witkowski, 1994 (Northern golden loach)
  • Sabanejewia bulgarica (Drensky, 1928)
  • Sabanejewia caspia (Eichwald, 1838) (Caspian spined loach)
  • Sabanejewia caucasica (L. S. Berg, 1906) (Ciscaucasian spined loach)
  • Sabanejewia kubanica Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 1988
  • Sabanejewia larvata (De Filippi, 1859) (Italian loach)
  • Sabanejewia maeotica Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2023 (Azov golden loach)
  • Sabanejewia romanica (Băcescu, 1943) (Romanian loach)
  • Sabanejewia vallachica (Nalbant, 1957) (Eastern Carpathian golden loach)

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cobitidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Sabanejewia". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Sabanejewia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 November 2024.