Cobitis

There are currently 130 recognized species in this genus:^[4]

• Cobitis afifeae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
• Cobitis aliyeae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
• Cobitis almadae Doadrio, Sousa-Santos & Robalo, 2023
• Cobitis amphilekta Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2012 (Khvalyn spined loach)^[5]
• Cobitis anabelae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
• Cobitis arachthosensis Economidis & Nalbant, 1996
• Cobitis arenae (S. Y. Lin, 1934)
• Cobitis atlantica Doadrio, Sousa-Santos, Robalo & Perea, 2023
• Cobitis austiumensis Endruweit, 2025
• Cobitis australis Y. X. Chen, Y. F. Chen & D. K. He, 2013^[6]
• Cobitis avicennae Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Esmaeili, Geiger & Freyhof, 2015 (Zagros spined loach)^[7]
• Cobitis baishagensis Y. X. Chen, X. Y. Sui, N. Liang & Y. F. Chen, 2015^[8]
• Cobitis battalgilae Băcescu, 1962 (Battalgil's spined loach)
• Cobitis beijingensis Sun & Zhao, 2025
• Cobitis bilineata Canestrini, 1865
• Cobitis bilseli Battalgil, 1942 (Beyşehir spined loach)
• Cobitis biwae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
• Cobitis brachysoma Chen & Chen, 2018
• Cobitis brevifasciata (I. S. Kim & W. O. Lee, 1995)^[1]
• Cobitis brevipinna (Chen & Chen, 2017)
• Cobitis calderoni Băcescu, 1962
• Cobitis choii I. S. Kim & Y. M. Son, 1984 (Choi's spined loach)
• Cobitis crassicauda Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2013^[9]
• Cobitis dalmatina S. L. Karaman, 1928
• Cobitis delicata Niwa, 1937^[1]
• Cobitis derzhavini Vasil’eva, Solovyeva, Levin & Vasil’ev, 2020
• Cobitis dolichorhynchus Nichols, 1918
• Cobitis dorademiri Erk' Akan, Özdemir & Özeren, 2017^[10]
• Cobitis elazigensis Coad & Sarıeyyüpoglu, 1988 (Tigris spined loach)
• Cobitis elongata Heckel & Kner, 1857
• Cobitis elongatoides Băcescu & R. F. Mayer, 1969
• Cobitis emrei Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
• Cobitis erkakanae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
• Cobitis evreni Erk' Akan, Özeren & Nalbant, 2008 (Ceyhan spined loach)
• Cobitis fahireae Erk' Akan, Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998 (Küçük Menderes spined loach)
• Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet, Vasil'eva, Vatandoust & Vasil'ev, 2011^[11]
• Cobitis fasciola Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2013^[9]
• Cobitis feroniae Novaga, Bellucci, Geiger & Freyhof, 2024
• Cobitis fimbriata (Chen & Chen, 2017)
• Cobitis gladkovi Vasil'ev & Vasil'eva, 2008
• Cobitis gracilis Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2016^[12]
• Cobitis haasi Klausewitz, 1955
• Cobitis hankugensis I. S. Kim, J. Y. Park, Y. M. Son & Nalbant, 2003
• Cobitis hellenica Economidis & Nalbant, 1996
• Cobitis hereromacula Y. X. Chen, X. Y. Sui, N. Liang & Y. F. Chen, 2015^[8]
• Cobitis herzegoviniensis Buj & Šanda, 2014^[13]
• Cobitis hugowolfeldi (Nalbant, 1993)^[1]
• Cobitis illyrica Freyhof & Stelbrink, 2007
• Cobitis indus Eagderi, Seçer & Freyhof, 2022
• Cobitis jadovaensis Mustafić & Mrakovčić, 2008
• Cobitis joergbohleni Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
• Cobitis kaibarai Nakajima, 2012^[14]
• Cobitis kellei Erk' Akan, Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998 (Göksu spined loach)
• Cobitis koreensis I. S. Kim, 1975^[1]
• Cobitis laoensis (Sauvage, 1878)
• Cobitis laterimaculata J. P. Yan & M. L. Zheng, 1984^[1]
• Cobitis lebedevi Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 1985
• Cobitis leptosoma Chen, Sui, He & Chen, 2015
• Cobitis levantina Krupp & Moubayed-Breil, 1992 (Orontes spined loach)
• Cobitis linea (Heckel, 1847)
• Cobitis longibarba (Y. F. Chen & Y. X. Chen, 2005)^[1]
• Cobitis longicorpus I. S. Kim, K. C. Choi & Nalbant, 1976^[1]
• Cobitis lutheri Rendahl (de), 1935 (Luther's spined loach)^[15]
• Cobitis macrostigma Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
• Cobitis magnostriata Nakajima, 2012^[14]
• Cobitis maroccana Pellegrin, 1929
• Cobitis matsubarae Okada & Ikeda, 1939
• Cobitis megaspila Nalbant, 1993
• Cobitis melanoleuca Nichols, 1925
• Cobitis mellaria Doadrio & Perea, 2023
• Cobitis meridionalis S. L. Karaman, 1924
• Cobitis microcephala Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2011^[16]
• Cobitis minamorii Nakajima, 2012^[14]
• Cobitis minhi S. V. Ngô, 2008
• Cobitis monorus Endruweit, 2025
• Cobitis multifasciata Wakiya & T. Mori, 1929^[1]
• Cobitis multimaculata Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2011^[16]
• Cobitis nalbanti Vasil'eva, D. M. Kim, Vasil'ev, M. H. Ko & Y. J. Won, 2016 (Nalbant's spined loach)^[15]
• Cobitis narentana S. L. Karaman, 1928
• Cobitis nigrolinea (Chen & Chen, 2017)
• Cobitis obtusirostra Chen, Sui, He & Chen, 2015
• Cobitis ohridana S. L. Karaman, 1928
• Cobitis pacifica I. S. Kim, J. Y. Park & Nalbant, 1999^[1]
• Cobitis paludica (F. de Buen, 1930)
• Cobitis petrtyli Endruweit, 2025
• Cobitis phrygica Battalgazi, 1944 (Acı spined loach)
• Cobitis pirii Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
• Cobitis pontica Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2006 (Pontic spined loach)
• Cobitis pulchra Endruweit, 2025
• Cobitis pumila I. S. Kim & W. O. Lee, 1987 (Puan spined loach)^[1]
• Cobitis puncticulata Erk' Akan, Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998 (Spotted spined loach)
• Cobitis punctilineata Economidis & Nalbant, 1996
• Cobitis qujiangensis (Chen & Chen, 2017
• Cobitis rara J. X. Chen, 1981
• Cobitis sakahoko Nakajima & Suzawa, 2015^[17]
• Cobitis saniae Eagderi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Jalili, Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2017^[18]
• Cobitis satunini Gladkov, 1935
• Cobitis shikokuensis Suzawa, 2006
• Cobitis sibirica Gladkov, 1935
• Cobitis simplicispina Hankó (hu), 1925 (Sakarya spined loach)
• Cobitis sinensis Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874 (Siberian spined loach)
• Cobitis sipahilerae Erk' Akan, Özdemir & Özeren, 2017^[10]
• Cobitis splendens Erk' Akan, Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998 (Splendid spined loach)
• Cobitis squataeniata Ngô, 2008
• Cobitis stenocauda Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2013^[9]
• Cobitis stephanidisi Economidis, 1992
• Cobitis striata Ikeda, 1936^[14]
• Cobitis strumicae S. L. Karaman, 1955 (Bulgarian spined loach)
• Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758 (Spined loach)
• Cobitis takatsuensis Mizuno, 1970
• Cobitis takenoi Nakajima, 2016^[19]
• Cobitis tanaitica Băcescu & R. F. Mayer, 1969
• Cobitis taurica Vasil'eva, Vasil'ev, Janko, Ráb & Rábová, 2005
• Cobitis tetralineata I. S. Kim, J. Y. Park & Nalbant, 1999
• Cobitis tigrina (Zhang, Zhang, Chen & Zhang, 2025)
• Cobitis tosaensis Takahashi, 2026
• Cobitis trichonica Stephanidis, 1974
• Cobitis troasensis Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018
• Cobitis turcica Hankó (hu), 1925 (Turkish spined loach)
• Cobitis vardarensis S. L. Karaman, 1928 (Vardar spined loach)
• Cobitis vettonica Doadrio & Perdices, 1997
• Cobitis xinjiangensis (Y. F. Chen & Y. X. Chen, 2005)^[1]
• Cobitis xui Tan, Li, Wu & Yang, 2019
• Cobitis ylengensis S. V. Ngô, 2003
• Cobitis yongdokensis (I. S. Kim & J. Y. Park, 1997)^[1]
• Cobitis zanandreai Cavicchioli, 1965
• Cobitis zhejiangensis Y. M. Son & S. P. He, 2005

Synonyms

• Cobitis damlae Erk' Akan & Özdemir, 2014 (Dalaman spined loach)^[20]; valid as C. fahireae