Cobitis beijingensis

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Cobitis beijingensis Sun & Zhao, 2025

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cobitidae (Spined loaches)
Etymology: Cobitis: Greek, kobitis, -idos = a kind of sardine; also related with the voice Greek, kobios, Latin gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); beijingensis: Name 'beijingensis' from species type locality, Beijing, China.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate

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Asia: China.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 133023)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Vertebrae: 36 - 38. This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: Lamina circularis on pectoral fin elongated, posterior margin slightly serrated; 14-18 (mode 15) prepelvic myotomes; pelvic fin inserted below 3rd-5th branched dorsal-fin ray; total vertebrae 4+ 36-38 (mode 37); absence of second Gambetta line (L2) or fusion with the first line (L1) (Ref. 133023).
Cross section: oval.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

This species primarily dwells in still water or slow-flowing freshwater environments, characterized by an abundance of submerged plants or filamentous algae and a soft bottom (Ref. 133023).

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Okamoto, M., D.J. Long, R. Claro and J.E. McCosker, 2025. A new species of epigonid fish genus Epigonus (Teleostei: Epigonidae) from Cuba and the first records of E. fragilis from the western South Pacific and Taiwan. Ichthyological Research 1-10. (Ref. 133023)

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

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: of no interest
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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±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). 🛈