simplicispina, Cobitis Hankó [B.] 1925:153, Fig. 4; Pl. 3 (fig. 7) [Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici v. 21 (for 29 Dec. 1924); ref. 2035] Eminekin village, Porsuk River basin, Sakarya River system, Eskisehir, Turkey. Neotype: ISBB 4694. Original 3 syntypes lost in fire in 1956. Neotype designated by Erk'akan et al. 1999:24 [ref. 25143]. •Valid as Cobitis simplicispina Hankó 1925 -- (Berg 1949:899 [ref. 20661], Bianco & Nalbant 1980:905 [ref. 22380], Coad & Sarieyyüpoglu 1988:429 [ref. 9105], Vassilev 1998:282 [ref. 24118], Erk'akan et al. 1999:24 [ref. 25143], Fricke et al. 2007:49 [ref. 29533], Kottelat 2012:28 [ref. 32367], Çiçek et al. 2015:148 [ref. 35151], Erk'akan et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35341], Çiçek et al. 2018:17 [ref. 36267], Freyhof et al. 2018:30 [ref. 36385], Özdemir 2019:597 [ref. 36384], Çiçek et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37644], Yogurtçuoglu et al. 2020:[3] [ref. 37627], Eagderi et al. 2022:419 [ref. 39387], Çiçek et al. 2023:338 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:56 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis simplicispina Hankó 1925. Cobitidae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Sakarya and Kizilirmak River basins (southern Black Sea tributaries) and Central Anatolia (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.