choii, Cobitis Kim [I.-S.] & Son [Y.-M.] 1984:50, Fig. 1 [Korean Journal of Zoology v. 27 (no. 1); ref. 17435] Miheo-cheon stream, tributary of the Geum River at Yeocheon-ri, Ochang-myon, Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbug-do Province, Korea. Holotype: CNU [CNUC] 4854. Paratypes: CNU 4847-4848 (2), 4850-4851 (2), 5028-5030 (3), 5039 (1), 5041 (1), 5043 (1), 5045 (1), 5056 (1), 5060 (1). •Valid as Iksookimia choii (Kim & Son 1984) -- (Kim & Park 1997:252 [ref. 23149], Kim 1997:296 [ref. 24032], Kim et al. 1999:172 [ref. 25431], Kim & Park 2002:212 [ref. 25913], Choi et al. 2003:177, 520 [ref. 26218], Kottelat 2006:89 [ref. 28831]). •Valid as Cobitis choii Kim & Son 1984 -- (Reshetnikov et al. 1997:743 [ref. 24702], Vasil'eva 1998:97 [ref. 23591], Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1998:605 [ref. 24120], Bogutskaya et al. 2001:44 [ref. 26178], Bogutskaya et al. 2008:336 [ref. 30085], Kim 2009:9 [ref. 30457], Kottelat 2012:25 [ref. 32367], Chen et al. 2013:380 [ref. 32679], Perdices et al. 2014:35 [ref. 35463], Perdices et al. 2016:7 [ref. 34266], Chen & Chen 2016:390 [ref. 34890], Vasil'eva et al. 2016:589 [ref. 34979], Tan et al. 2019:172 [ref. 36712], Dyldin et al. 2020:92, 94 [ref. 37569], Dyldin et al. 2023:[4] [ref. 40328]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis choii Kim & Son 1984. Cobitidae. Distribution: East Asia: Russia, Mongolia and China to Korean Peninsula. Habitat: freshwater.