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Cobitidae (Spined loaches)
Etymology: Cobitis: Greek, kobitis, -idos = a kind of sardine; also related with the voice Greek, kobios, Latin gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); oxycephala: Greek words "oxys" means sharp while "kephale" means head, referring to the pointed head of the species..
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical
Distribution
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South China, Hainan, Nandujiang river.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.7 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 129344)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. The species of Cobitis is distinguished by the following set of characters:
D. III-7; A. III-5; V. I-6; P. I-6-7; C. IV-14-16-IV. Body: Moderately slender and compressed. Small head. Sharp snout. Location of the eyes are located on the upper and middle part of the head. Preorbital part of the head is equal to or longer than the postorbital part of the head. Small inferior mouth with three pairs of short barbels. Undeveloped mental lobes are undeveloped with three superficial longitudinal lobes short and bluntly rounded. Thick and curved suborbital spine, with a short processus medio-caudalis. Colouration: five longitudinal lines of dark speckles on dorsolateral sides of body. Head: sprinkled with many black dots, and a black stripe extended from insertion of rostral barbels through eye to occiput. A small oblique vertical jet blotch at the upper base of the caudal fin base and far smaller than eye diameter. Dorsal and caudal fins: 4-5 narrow rows of dark dots.
This species occurs in Nandujiang River, Ding’an County, Hainan, China (Ref. 129344),
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larvae
Chen, Y.-X., H. Chen, D.-K. He and Y.-F. Chen, 2018. Two new species of the genus Cobitis (Cypriniformes: Cobitidae) from South China. Zool. Systematics 43(2):156-168. (Ref. 129344)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = No PD50 data [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).
