elongatoides, Cobitis taenia Băcescu [M. C.] & Mayer [R.] 1969:60 [39] [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 9 (no. 1, art. 54); ref. 7715] Argesel River, Arges River drainage, Danube River basin, southern Carpathians, Romania. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown. Appeared first as Cobitis taenia var. elongatoïdes in Băcescu 1962:294 [ref. 23020] which Kottelat 1997:88 [ref. 22952] regards as infrasubspecific. Available as above. On p. 39 of English translation, misspelled as elangotoides in the Russian version on page 54. Second author also spelled Maier. •Valid as Cobitis elongatoides Băcescu & Mayer 1969 -- (Kottelat 1997:88 [ref. 22952], Hanel 2003:54 [ref. 27894], Bohlen et al. 2005:103 [ref. 28439], Hanel & Lusk 2005:279 [ref. 28804], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:307 [ref. 29996], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2017:124 [ref. 35196], Eagderi et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35199], Tutman et al. 2018:217 [ref. 35876], Freyhof et al. 2018:72 [ref. 36385], Ćaleta et al. 2019:148 [ref. 37026], Delmastro et al. 2022:9 [ref. 39859], Nagy et al. 2023:356 [ref. 40348]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis elongatoides Băcescu & Mayer 1969. Cobitidae. Distribution: Europe: Danube River basin. Apparently introduced in northern Italy. Habitat: freshwater.