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Siberian Spined Loach

Cobitis melanoleuca

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Russia.January 0, February 0, March 1, April 1, May 1, June 9, July 5, August 0, September 1, October 0, November 1, December 0.
Russia19
Yaroslavl Oblast4
Buryatia3
Moscow Oblast3
Tatarstan2
Bashkortostan2
China1
Heilongjiang Province1
Ukraine1
Donetsk Oblast1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderMinnows, Suckers, Carps, and Loaches · Cypriniformes
FamilyTrue Loaches · Cobitidae
GenusSpined Loaches · Cobitis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Siberian Spined Loach with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.