''Cobitis megaspila'' is a species of

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in the family

Cobitidae Cobitidae, also known as the True loaches, is a family of Old World freshwater fish. They occur throughout Eurasia and in Morocco, and inhabit riverine ecosystems. Today, most " loaches" are placed in other families (see below). The family includ ...

. It is found in

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and

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Taxonomic note

This species is now considered to be a jr. synonym of ''Cobitis elongatoides''.Kottelat, M. (2012)
Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei).
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.''

References

* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996
Cobitis megaspila2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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