Paracobitis malapterura

(Valenciennes, 1846) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Cypriniformes/Nemacheilidae/Paracobitis

At a glance

Occurrence records31

Data sources7

Biological traits6

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections6

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Paracobitis malapterura's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility31 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF31 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries6 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

The Western crested loach, Paracobitis malapterura is a species of stone loach endemic to Euphrates and Tigris river systems. This species reaches a length of 12.6 cm.Freyhof, J., H.R. Esmaeili, G. Sayyadzadeh and M. Geiger, 2014. Review of the crested loaches of the genus Paracobitis from the Iran and Iraq with the description of four new species (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 25(1):11-38.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology2

Body length12.6 cm

Body mass9.58 g

Life cycle & reproduction1

Max. longevity36 months

Habitat & environment2

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits1

Vulnerability10

05DNA & barcoding6 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Paracobitis malapterura has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

BINs2

Marker genes1

eDNA detections6

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type31 records

Museum / vouchered31

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO64 km²

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 31 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence31

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bonn, DE	15
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	13
Frankfurt am Main	2
Washington, US	1

4 institutions · 31 of 31 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA6 detections

Where the DNA of Paracobitis malapterura was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found6

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 6 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median15.3 °C 13.6–22.0

Seasonal swing summer↔winter28.8 °C

Max temp (day)20.3 °C 18.4–27.6

Min temp (night)8.80 °C 7.40–13.9

Precipitation30.4 mm/mo 5.50–43.3

Air humidity46.2 % 39.8–46.8

Moisture balance-90.3 mm/mo -124–-60.9

Vapour deficit1,204 Pa 1,065–1,940

Wind speed2.10 m/s 1.90–3.30

Cloud cover31.1 % 21.6–32.8

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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