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Cobitidae (Loaches) > Cobitinae
Etymology: Cobitis: Greek, kobitis, -idos = a kind of sardine; also related with the voice Greek, kobios, Latin gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335); damlae: Named for Mrs. Damla Erkakan.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical
Asia: Dalaman river drainage in Turkey.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 6.4 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 106506)
Short description
Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 8;
Anal
soft rays: 6. Cobitis damlae is distinguished from its congeners by its arched mouth with three pairs of short barbels, dorsal fin with 6.5 branched rays, pectoral fin with 6 branched rays, pelvic fin with 5 branched rays, anal fin with 5 branched rays, caudal fin with n8+8n branched rays, body without pigment and completely scaled, and vestigial eyes (Ref. 106506).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Erkakan, F. and F. Özdemir, 2014. The first new cave fish species, Cobitis damlae (Teleostei: Cobitidae) from Turkey. Hacettepe J. Biol. Chem. 42(2):275-279. (Ref. 106506)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 120744)
CITES (Ref. 115941)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
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Estimates of some properties based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82805): PD
50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00575 (0.00259 - 0.01279), b=3.04 (2.86 - 3.22), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Trophic Level (Ref.
69278): 3.2 ±0.4 se; Based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref.
69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100) .