caspia, Cobitis Eichwald [C. E. von] 1838:133 [Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou v. 11; ref. 18063] Caspian Sea at Lenkoran, Azerbaidjan. No types known. Also appeared as new in Eichwald 1838:98 [ref. 34622]. •Valid as Cobitis caspia Eichwald 1838 -- (Berg 1949:897 [ref. 20661], Mitrofanov & Dukravec 1989:66 [ref. 37748], Coad 1995:21 [ref. 23608], Coad 1998:102 [ref. 23869]). •Valid as Sabanejewia caspia (Eichwald 1838) -- (Vasil'eva 1998:103 [ref. 23591], Reshetnikov et al. 1997:744 [ref. 24702], Nalbant & Bianco 1998:120 [ref. 23810], Fricke et al. 2007:50 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:321 [ref. 29996], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2012:205 [ref. 31976], Kottelat 2012:42 [ref. 32367], Esmaeili et al. 2010:372 [ref. 33391], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:882 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:148 [ref. 35151], Esmaeili et al. 2017:61 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:41 [ref. 36089], Sayyadzadeh et al. 2019:284 [ref. 36752], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:160 [ref. 37983], Kaya et al. 2020:328 [ref. 37582], Kuljanishvili et al. 2020:[4] [ref. 37535], Vasil'eva et al. 2022:10 [ref. 39491] in subgenus Andrzewia, Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2023:[10] [ref. 40114], Çiçek et al. 2024:60 [ref. 40789], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2024:[5] [ref. 40732]). Current status: Valid as Sabanejewia caspia (Eichwald 1838). Cobitidae. Distribution: Eurasia: southwestern and southern Caspian Sea watersheds. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.