Cobitis minamorii Nakajima, 2012
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 minamorii is a species of fish in the family Cobitidae found in Honshu, Japan. Five subspecies have been proposed. Japanese name is kogata-suji-shima-dojyô. English name is Small stripe spined loach. This species is listed as a new species in 2012.
They inhabit sandy-mud bottoms of the lower reach of rivers and small lowland stream. The number of current population is decreasing because these habitable environment is decreasing. They are found in western Honshu:Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, Hiroshima, Hyogo, Osaka, Kyoto, Shiga, Mie, Gihu, Aichi, Shizuoka.
Their spawning season is May-August. They invade a temporary wetland such as rice field and lay eggs at the bottom of the mud. These eggs hatch during one day. They mature in one year and live in approximately 3-5 years under breeding. They grow up to 10 cm in total length. Minamorii, their specific name, comes from Japanese researcher who study speciation of Japanese loaches first.
Wikipedia contributors, Cobitis minamorii; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:22:23.666828+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cobitis minamorii Nakajima, 2012
- Name authority
- Nakajima, 2012
- 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 minamorii Nakajima, 2012
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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cobitis minamorii saninensis Nakajima, 2012 Nakajima, 2012 | synonym |
| Cobitis minamorii yodoensis Nakajima, 2012 Nakajima, 2012 | synonym |
| Cobitis minamorii tokaiensis Nakajima, 2012 Nakajima, 2012 | synonym |
| Cobitis minamorii oumiensis Nakajima, 2012 Nakajima, 2012 | synonym |
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.
- Nakajima, J. (2012). Taxonomic study of the Cobitis striata complex (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae) in Japan. Zootaxa, 3586. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3586.1.11 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:WK24. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.