''Protocobitis'' is a genus of

loaches Loaches are ray-finned fishes of the suborder Cobitoidei. They are freshwater, benthic (bottom-dwelling) fish found in rivers and creeks throughout Eurasia and northern Africa. Loaches are among the most diverse groups of fish; the 1249 known sp ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

and living in caves.Ma, L.; and Y.-H. Zhao (2012). Cavefish of China. Pp. 107—125 in: White, W.B.; and D.C. Cuvier, editors. Encyclopedia of Caves. Elsevier.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Protocobitis anteroventris'' J. H. Lan, 2013Lan, J., Gan. X., Wu. T. & Yang, J. (2013): ''Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China.'' Science Press, Beijing. 1-266. * '' Protocobitis polylepis'' Y. Zhu, Y. J. Lu, J. X. Yang & S. Zhang, 2008 * '' Protocobitis typhlops'' J. X. Yang & Y. R. Chen, 1993

References

* 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.'' Cave fish Cobitidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Cobitidae-stub