caucasica, Cobitis Berg [L. S.] 1906:37, Fig. [Izvestija Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, prodaetsja u Kommissionerov Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk St. Petersburg. [= Bulletin de l'Academy Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg.] (Sér. 5) v. 24 (nos 1-2); ref. 15645] Sagdan [Saagdan], Gr. Laba River, upper Kuban River, northern Caucasus, Russia. Lectotype: ZIN 8560 [now at ZISP]. Paralectotypes: ZIN (6) [ex ZMMU] trib. of Terek R., Mus. Kazan Univ. (1) Terek R. The description and figure are based on the specimen ZISP 8560; that specimen selected as lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:341 [ref. 23416]. •Valid as Cobitis caucasica Berg 1906 -- (Berg 1949:896 [ref. 20661], Coad 1995:21 [ref. 23608]). •Valid as Sabanejewia caucasica (Berg 1906) -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:745 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:103 [ref. 23591], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:45 [ref. 26178], Bogutskaya & Naseka 2004:110 [ref. 28183], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:324 [ref. 29996], Esmaeili et al. 2010:372 [ref. 33391], Kottelat 2012:42 [ref. 32367], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:882 [ref. 34062], Esmaeili et al. 2017:61 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:41 [ref. 36089], Dyldin et al. 2020:106 [ref. 37569], Vasil'eva et al. 2022:12 [ref. 39491], Dyldin et al. 2023:[7] [ref. 40328], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2023:[10] [ref. 40114], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 2024:[5] [ref. 40732]). Current status: Valid as Sabanejewia caucasica (Berg 1906). Cobitidae. Distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea basin, Terek and Khaidon River basins (Russia and ?Iran). Habitat: freshwater.