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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cobitidae |
| Genus: | Cobitis |
| Species: | C. calderoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Cobitis calderoni Băcescu, 1962
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Enrique C. Calderón, who was the chief engineer, at the Station Centrale d’Hydrobiologie de Madrid, who collected the holotype specimen.[2]
References
edit- ^ Crivelli, A.J. (2006). "Cobitis calderoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006: e.T5027A11108148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T5027A11108148.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family COBITIDAE Swainson 1838 (Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2023.