fahireae, Cobitis Erk'akan [F.], Atalay-Ekmekçi [F. G.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 1998:10, Figs. 2A-E [Turkish Journal of Zoology v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 24119] Küçük Menderes River, Selçuk-Aydin, Turkey. Holotype: HUIC uncat. Paratypes: HUIC uncat. (28, 42, 19); ISBB 4684-86 (4, 1, 3). Spelled fahireae and felirae; Kottelat 2012:25 selected fahireae. •Valid as Cobitis fahirae Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant 1998 -- (Erk'akan et al. 1999:17 [ref. 25143], Ludwig et al. 2001:388 [ref. 25216] as fahireae, Fricke et al. 2007:48 [ref. 29533], Kottelat 2012:25 [ref. 32367] as fahireae, Çiçek et al. 2015:148 [ref. 35151] as fahirae, Eagderi et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35199], Erk'akan et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35341], Çiçek et al. 2018:16 [ref. 36267], Freyhof et al. 2018:17 [ref. 36385], Çiçek et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37644] as fahirae, Eagderi et al. 2022:419 [ref. 39387], Çiçek et al. 2023:336 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:50 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis fahireae Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant 1998. Cobitidae. Distribution: Asia Minor: eastern Aegean Sea basin (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.