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Taxon: Family Cobitidae Swainson, 1838 - spined loaches (fish)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  W. Swainson, in D. Lardner, ed., 1838
Original name, rank & spelling:  Swainson, W. 1838. Nat. Hist. Classif. Fish. Amphib. Rept. 1. In D. Lardner (ed.), The Cabinet Cyclopædia: 227, 231, 360. ("Cobitidæ"). ≡
Subsequent publication:  Swainson, W. 1839. Nat. Hist. Classif. Fish. Amphib. Rept. 2. In D. Lardner (ed.), The Cabinet Cyclopædia: 190 ("Cobitidæ"). ≡

Attributes

Imperfect name (orth. inval.: orth. imperf.) [ICZN] Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 93 (1): 170. [False].
Correct [original] spelling [ICZN, 1999: Art. 29.3.1.1 (fam.: -id-)] Ref: S.J. Brands (comp.), 1989-present. Syst. Nat. 2000: 3 Jun 2024.
Name placed on the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6] Ref: ICZN, 1988b. Opinion 1500: 178. [new]

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Cobitinae (Subfamily) Swainson, 1839 Ref: J.S. Nelson, 2006: 146. [implicit]
Type: Cobitis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: ICZN, 1988b: 178.

Variants

Former rank: Cobitinae (Subfamily) Swainson, 1839 Ref: R. van der Laan, 2018: 65; [<3 Jun 2024]; [ECoF(4 Feb 2025)]. [inferred]
Correct spelling: Cobitididae (Family) "Swainson, 1838", nom. illeg. Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 170.
Incorrect spelling: Cobitididae (Family) "Swainson, 1838", nom. illeg. Ref: ICZN, 1988b: 179; 178 (Ruling (1)(b)). [new]

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: modderkruipers Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: spined loaches Ref: R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021: (4 Feb 2025).
: loaches Ref: J.S. Nelson et al., 2016: 190.
: loaches Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998: 2457.
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