Eastern crested loach

Eastern crested loach
Scientific classification
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

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

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.

[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.

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