Koreocobitis

Koreocobitis is a small genus of loaches endemic to the Korean Peninsula.

Koreocobitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Genus: Koreocobitis
I. S. Kim, J. Y. Park & Nalbant, 1997

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Koreocobitis naktongensis I. S. Kim, J. Y. Park & Nalbant, 2000
  • Koreocobitis rotundicaudata (Wakiya & T. Mori, 1929) (White nose loach)

References
  1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.


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