Eastern crested loach

Eastern crested loach
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Paracobitis
Species:	P. longicauda
Binomial name
	Paracobitis longicauda; (Kessler, 1872)
Synonyms
	Cobitis longicauda Kessler, 1872; Nemacheilus longicaudus (Kessler, 1872);

The eastern crested loach (Paracobitis longicauda) is a species of stone loach native to Central Asia. This species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL.^[1]

References

Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paracobitis longicauda". FishBase. December 2012 version.

^ Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh and M. Geiger, 2014. Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from the Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 25(1):11-38.

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[1] Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh and M. Geiger, 2014. Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from the Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 25(1):11-38.

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