Protocobitis

Protocobitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cobitidae
Genus:	Protocobitis J. X. Yang & Y. R. Chen, 1993
Type species
Protocobitis typhlops J. X. Yang & Y. R. Chen, 1993

Protocobitis is a genus of loaches endemic to China.^[1]

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[1]^[2]

Protocobitis anteroventris J. H. Lan, 2013^[2]
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.

1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Protocobitis in FishBase. August 2013 version.
1 2 Lan, J., Gan. X., Wu. T. & Yang, J. (2013): Cave Fishes of Guangxi, China. Science Press, Beijing. 1-266.

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