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Cobitis calderoni Băcescu, 1962

Source-backed taxonomic record

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 calderoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae.

It is found in Portugal and Spain.

Its natural habitat is rivers.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

Wikipedia contributors, Cobitis calderoni; 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 calderoni Băcescu, 1962
Name authority
Băcescu, 1962
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.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. orderCypriniformes
  11. familyCobitidae Swainson, 1838
  12. subfamilyCobitinae Swainson, 1838
  13. genusCobitis Linnaeus, 1758
  14. speciesCobitis calderoni Băcescu, 1962

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cobitis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cobitis kaibarai Nakajima, 2012CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis dalmatina Karaman, 1928CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis tanaitica Băcescu & Mayer, 1969CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis obtusirostra Chen, Sui, He & Chen, 2015CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis saniae Eagderi, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Jalili, Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili, 2017CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis anabelae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis baishagensis Chen, Sui, Liang & Chen, 2016CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis brachysoma Chen & Chen, 2018CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis emrei Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis erkakanae Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis hereromacula Chen, Sui, Liang & Chen, 2016CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Cobitis pirii Freyhof, Bayçelebi & Geiger, 2018CobitidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 168 records assigned to Cobitidae.

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.

  1. Băcescu, M. C. (1962). Contribution à la systématique du genre Cobitis. Description d’une espèce nouvelle, Cobitis calderoni, provenant de l’Espagne. Revue de Biologie, Académie de La République Populaire Roumaine, Bucarest, 6 (4) [for 1961]: 435–448 [1–14], Pls. 1–4. [Pages have sequential dual numeration.]. 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:WJWX. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.