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Eastern crested loach

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Eastern crested loach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Paracobitis
Species:
P. longicauda
Binomial name
Paracobitis longicauda
(Kessler, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Cobitis longicauda Kessler, 1872
  • Nemacheilus longicaudus (Kessler, 1872)

The eastern crested loach (Paracobitis longicauda) is a species of stone loach native to Central Asia. This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.[1]

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paracobitis longicauda". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  1. ^ 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.