Cobitis arachthosensis

Cobitis arachthosensis is a species of ray-finned fish in the true loach family (Cobitidae). It is endemic to Greece.[3]

Cobitis arachthosensis
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cobitidae
Genus:	Cobitis
Species:	C. arachthosensis
Binomial name
Cobitis arachthosensis Economidis & Nalbant, 1996[2]

It belongs to the subgenus Bicanestrinia, together with C. hellenica, C. meridionalis, and C. trichonica. According to cladistic analysis of DNA sequence data (nDNA RAG-1 and S7 ribosomal protein intron 1, and mtDNA cytochrome b), the first of these is an extremely close relative and the present species might arguably be included in it. C. hellenica occurs in the Louros and Thiamis River basins, parapatric to the range of C. arachthosensis.[4][5]

Its natural habitats is the Arachthos River basin. It is threatened by habitat loss.[3]

References

1. Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Cobitis arachthosensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T61290A12449916. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61290A12449916.en. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
2. FishBase (2008): Cobitis species. Version of 2008-MAY-03. Retrieved 2008-AUG-15.
3. Crivelli, A.J. (2005a). "Cobitis arachthosensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2005a. Retrieved 19 July 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
4. Crivelli, A.J. (2005b). "Cobitis hellenica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2005b. Retrieved 19 July 2007.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
5. Perdices, Anabel; Bohlen, Jörg & Doadrio, Ignacio (2008): The molecular diversity of adriatic spined loaches (Teleostei, Cobitidae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 46(1): 382–390. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.007 (HTML abstract)