Biology:Cobitis calderoni

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Short description: Species of fish

Cobitis calderoni
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Genus: Cobitis
Species:
C. calderoni
Binomial name
Cobitis calderoni
Băcescu, 1962
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Cobitis calderoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain . Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Enrique C. Calderón, who was the chief engineer, at the Station Centrale d’Hydrobiologie de Madrid, who collected the holotype specimen.[2]

References

  1. Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Cobitis calderoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T5027A11108148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T5027A11108148.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5027/11108148. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. "Family COBITIDAE Swainson 1838 (Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cobitidae/. 


Wikidata ☰ Q304350 entry