| Family: |
Cobitidae (Spined loaches) |
| Max. size: |
10.5 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia and Europe: northwestern and southern Caspian basin from Kuma drainage (Russia) to Babol (Iran). |
| Diagnosis: |
Flank marbled without midlateral rows of dark blotches. Dark blotches on dorsum often fused. Branches of suborbital spine similar in length. |
| Biology: |
Found on gravel substrate along steep banks of rivulets and streams 3-10 m wide and less than 1 m deep in foothills and plains, sometimes in channels (Ref. 59043). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 01 January 2008 Ref. (130435)
|
| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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