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Species
Least Concernspined loach
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCypriniformes
- FamilyCobitidae
In the Netherlands, the spined loach is found most often in ditches and streams that have thick muddy layers. It is grayish brown to yellowish in color with exceptionally attractive dark brown spotted markings. The males are sexually mature at 2 years of age and grow to a maximum length of 8 centimeters. Females are sexually mature at 3 years of age and are longer, up to 14 centimeters. Spined loach breathe through their intestines just like the mud loach. They use their barbels to search for food on the bottom. Spined loach eat worms (tubifex) and larvae from mosquitoes and other small insects, as well as microscopic algae and detritus.
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Cobitis taenia
- taxon name
- Cobitis taenia
- taxon common name
- navadna nežica
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- different from
- Koza
- short name
- C. taenia
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Encyclopedic overview
The spined loach (Cobitis taenia) is a common freshwater fish in Europe. It is sometimes known as the spotted weather loach, not to be confused with the "typical" weather loaches of the genus Misgurnus. This is the type species of the spiny loach genus (Cobitis) and the true loach family (Cobitidae).
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “spined loach” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.