Protocobitis longibarba, Long-barbal protocobitis

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Protocobitis longibarba Qin, Liu, Zhang, Shi, Du & Zhou, 2025

Long-barbal protocobitis
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cobitidae (Spined loaches)
Etymology: Protocobitis: Greek, protos = the first + Greek, kobitis, -idos = a kind of sardine; also related with the voice Greek, kobios, Latin gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); longibarba: Name 'longibarba' from Latin words 'long' and 'barba', meaning 'long' and 'barbel', referring to the species' long maxillary barbel.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal. Temperate

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Asia: China.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 133036)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: whole body, excluding head and abdomen, sparsely covered with minute scales; barbels elongate; 5-6 branched pectoral fin rays; four branched pelvic-fin rays; caudal-peduncle height 34.9%-58.6% of its length; head width 7.3%-10.3% of SL; head height 50.2%-80.6% of lateral head length (Ref. 133036).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species are found in waters with muddy substrate. They primarily feed on algae and organic detritus (Ref. 133036).

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Qin, Z.-X., Y.-W. Liu, S.-Y. Zhang, J.-S. Shi, L.-N. Du and J.-J. Zhou, 2025. A new species of the rib-degenerated loach, genus Protocobitis (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae), from Guangxi, China. ZooKeys 1228:185-195. (Ref. 133036)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.1   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈