meridionalis, Cobitis taenia var. Karaman [S.] 1924:75 [Pisces Macedoniae; ref. 15902] Lake Prespa and its small tributaries, Republic of Macedonia. Syntypes: (several) IEBMT. •Synonym of Cobitis taenia Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Lelek 1987:247 [ref. 22962]). •Valid as Cobitis meridionalis Karaman 1924 -- (Economidis & Nalbant 1996:308 [ref. 23723], Kottelat 1997:88 [ref. 22952], Erk'akan et al. 1999:25 [ref. 25143], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:309 [ref. 29996], Barbieri et al. 2015:72 [ref. 35029], Eagderi et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35199], Shumka et al. 2023:37 [ref. 40747]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis meridionalis Karaman 1924. Cobitidae. Distribution: Southeastern Europe: Lakes Prespa (Greece, Macedonia and Albania). Habitat: freshwater.