Cobitis bilseli Battalgil, 1942
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Cobitis bilseli is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae found only in Turkey.
Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Cobitis bilseli; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:22:15.651488+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cobitis bilseli Battalgil, 1942
- Name authority
- Battalgil, 1942
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cobitidae
- Genus
- Cobitis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCypriniformes
- familyCobitidae Swainson, 1838
- subfamilyCobitinae Swainson, 1838
- genusCobitis Linnaeus, 1758
- speciesCobitis bilseli Battalgil, 1942
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cobitis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cobitis kaibarai Nakajima, 2012 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis dalmatina Karaman, 1928 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis tanaitica Băcescu & Mayer, 1969 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis obtusirostra Chen, Sui, He & Chen, 2015 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis saniae Eagderi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Jalili, Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2017 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis anabelae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis baishagensis Chen, Sui, Liang & Chen, 2016 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis brachysoma Chen & Chen, 2018 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis emrei Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis erkakanae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis hereromacula Chen, Sui, Liang & Chen, 2016 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Cobitis pirii Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018 | CobitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Battalgil, F. (1942). Türkiye tatli su baliklari hakkinda. Contribution à la connaissance des poissons des eaux douces de la Turquie. Revue de La Faculté Des Sciences de l’Université d’Instanbul, Série B: Sciences Naturelles, 7 (4): 287–306. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:WJWR. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.