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leptes on p. 311, first reviser [Nalbant, 1963: 364] gave
precedence to Somileptus, see Kottelat, 1998c: 118).
Gender masculine.
4.4.1 Canthophrys gongota (Hamilton, 1822)
Cobitis gongota Hamilton, 1822: 351, 394 (type locality:
India: "rivers of Northern Bengal towards the mountains"
[Bangladesh: Patgong, Rangpur District, 25°45'N
89°15'E; Hora, 1935a: 49]; types: lost; Hamilton's unpublished
figure reproduced in M'Clelland, 1839: pl. 51
fig. 1; noun in apposition, indeclinable)
Cobitis cucura Hamilton, 1822: 352, 394 (type locality: India:
Kosi River [at Nathpur near the Nepal frontier; Hora,
1935a: 49]; types: lost; Hamilton's unpublished figure
reproduced in M'Clelland, 1839: pl. 51 fig. 2; simultaneous
subjective synonym of Cobitis gongota Hamilton,
1822: 351, first reviser [apparently Günther, 1868: 363]
gave precedence to C. gongota; noun in apposition, indeclinable)
Cobitis oculata M'Clelland, 1839: 303, 433, pl. 51 fig. 1
(type locality: India: Upper Assam / northern parts of
Bengal near the foot of the mountains; syntypes: SMF
412 [4], 8979 [1], Eschmeyer & Fricke, 2010 [plus basis
of Cobitis gongota Hamilton, 1822: 351]; adjective, -us,
-a, -um)
Canthophrys albescens Swainson, 1839: 310 (available by
indication to Hamilton, 1822: "Cob. No. 3" [which is
Cobitis cucura]; type locality: India: Kosi River [at Nathpur
near the Nepal frontier; Hora, 1935a: 49]; types: NT;
Hamilton's unpublished figure reproduced in M'Clelland,
1839: pl. 51 fig. 2; participle, indeclinable)
Somileptes bispinosa Swainson, 1839: 311 (available by indication
to Hamilton, 1822: 351 [which is Cobitis gongota];
type locality: India: "rivers of Northern Bengal towards
the mountains" [Bangladesh: Patgong, Rangpur
District, 25°45'N 89°15'E; Hora, 1935a: 49]; types: lost;
Hamilton's unpublished figure reproduced in M'Clelland,
1839: pl. 51 fig. 1; adjective, -us, -a, -um)
? Cobitis amnicola Valenciennes, in Cuvier & Valenciennes,
1846: 68 (type locality: India: Bengal; syntypes: MNHN
B.2171 [3], Spillmann, 1962: 587; noun in apposition,
indeclinable)
4.5 Cobitis Linnaeus, 1758
Cobitis Linnaeus, 1758: 303 (type species: Cobitis taenia
Linnaeus, 1758: 303, designated by ICZN, 1988 [Opinion
1500]). Gender feminine.
Acantophthalmus van Hasselt, 1823:132 (type species: Cobitis
taenia Linnaeus, 1758: 303, by monotypy [see Kottelat,
1987b: 371]; on Official Index of Rejected Names,
ICZN, 1988: 178 [Opinion 1500]). Gender masculine.
Acanthophthalmus van Hasselt, 1824: 377 (incorrect subsequent
spelling of Acantophthalmus van Hasselt, 1823:
132; on Official Index of Rejected Names, ICZN, 1992b:
248 [Opinion 1695])
? Acanthopsis Agassiz, 1832: 134 (type species: Acanthopsis
angustus Agassiz, 1835: vol. 5, pl. 50 fig. 2, by subsequent
monotypy in Agassiz, 1835: pl. 50; not a junior
homonym of Acanthopsis van Hasselt, 1824: 377, which
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is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Acantopsis van
Hasselt, 1823: 133, thus does not enter into homonymy
[Code art. 33.3]; based on a fossil species, possibly not a
cobitid (Kottelat, 1987b: 372)). Gender feminine.
Cobitinula Hankó, 1924: 152 (type species: Cobitinula anatoliae
Hankó, 1924: 152, by monotypy). Gender feminine.
Acanestrinia Băcescu, 1962b: 435 (subgenus of Cobitis Linnaeus,
1758: 303; type species: Cobitis elongata Heckel &
Kner, 1858: 305, by original designation). Gender feminine.
Bicanestrinia Băcescu, 1962b: 436 (subgenus of Cobitis
Linnaeus, 1758: 303; type species: Cobitis simplicispina
Hankó, 1924: 153, by original designation). Gender
feminine.
Iberocobitis Băcescu, 1962b: 438 (subgenus of Cobitis Linnaeus,
1758: 303; type species: Acanthopsis taenia paludica
de Buen, 1930: 34, by original designation). Gender
feminine.
Beyshehiria Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1999: 20
(subgenus of Cobitis Linnaeus, 1758: 303; type species:
Cobitis bilseli Battalgil, 1942: 292, by original designation).
Gender feminine.
Taxonomic notes. Cobitis is obviously a polyphyletic genus.
Several chromosome and molecular studies (e.g. Šlechtová
et al., 2008; Kitagawa et al., 2011; Perdices et al., 2012)
show a very complex situation and future research will certainly
result in important changes in the taxonomy of Cobitis
and the related genera (Iksookimia, Niwaella, Kichulchoia, etc.).
Nomina nuda
Cobitis longimanus Dybowski, in Sinicyn, 1900: 49 (nomen
nudum; material: “Imperial Warsaw University” 2773;
locality: Onon River)
Cobitis poecilopleura Bleeker, 1872: 146 (nomen nudum;
locality: China)
Nomen nudum
Cobitis yeni Nguyen, 1982: 26 (nomen nudum)
Cobitis yeni Nguyen (T. T.), in Nguyen (V. H.), 2005: 227,
fig. 114 (not available; locality: Vietnam: Ha Tinh Province:
stream Ngam Pho at Huong Son)
Nomenclatural notes. Nguyen (V. H.; 2005: 227) listed
Nguyen (T. T., 1983: 83, pl. 3 fig. 2) as author of C. yeni.
Nguyen (1983) is an unpublished thesis and the name is not
available from it. As the description in Nguyen (2005) is
from Nguyen (1983), I treat the author of the nomen nudum
as Nguyen (T. T.), in Nguyen (V. H.). The Code art. 16.1
requires that, after 1999, a new name must be explicitly indicated
as intentionally new. This is not the case for C. yeni
in Nguyen (2005) and the name is not available. Further, to
be available, a new specific name published after 1999 must
be accompanied by the explicit designation of a holotype or
syntypes (Code art. 16.4). Nguyen (2005) mentioned that
the description is based on 19 specimens but they are not
mentioned as a holotype or syntypes.
Species inquirenda
4.5.1 Cobitis lachnostoma (Rutter, 1897)
Acanthopsis lachnostoma Rutter, 1897: 60 (type locality:
China: Guangdong: Swatow; holotype: CAS-SU 1812,
Böhlke, 1953: 39; compound noun, indeclinable)