bilineata, Cobitis taenia var. Canestrini [G.] 1865:305 [Archivio per la Zoologia, l'Anatomia e la Fisiologia v. 3 (fasc. 2); ref. 20858] Modenese and Treviso, Italy. No types known. •Synonym of Cobitis taenia Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Lelek 1987:247 [ref. 22962], Bianco 1988:154 [ref. 22383]). •Valid as Cobitis bilineata Canestrini 1865 -- (Kottelat 1997:87 [ref. 22952], Ludwig et al. 2001:388 [ref. 25216], Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:195 [ref. 26728], Freyhof & Stelbrink 2007:269 [ref. 29344], Mustafic et al. 2008:4 [ref. 29642], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:305 [ref. 29996], Zupančič 2008:59 [ref. 29926], Bianco & Delmastro 2011:6 [ref. 31648], Kottelat 2012:24 [ref. 23267], Kottelat 2012:24 [ref. 32367], Bianco 2013:9 [ref. 32897], Buj et al. 2014:15, 23 [ref. 33367], Perdices et al. 2016:7 [ref. 34266], Eagderi et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35199], Ćaleta et al. 2019:147 [ref. 37026], Lorenzoni et al. 2019:251 [ref. 37108], Bellucci et al. 2021:[3] [ref. 38590]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis bilineata Canestrini 1865. Cobitidae. Distribution: Southern Europe: France, Switzerland, Adriatic rivers of Italy south to central Italy, Slovenia and Croatia. Habitat: freshwater.