puncticulata, Cobitis Erk'akan [F.], Atalay-Ekmekçi [F. G.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 1998:12, Figs. 4 A-E [Turkish Journal of Zoology v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 24119] Karadere Stream, at the outlet of Manyas (Kus) Lake, Balιkesir Province, Turkey. Holotype: HUIC uncat. Paratypes: HUIC uncat. (10). •Valid as Cobitis puncticulata Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant 1998 -- (Erk'akan et al. 1999:17 [ref. 25143], Fricke et al. 2007:49 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:313 [ref. 29996], Chen et al. 2013:380 [ref. 32679], Barbieri et al. 2015:72 [ref. 35029], Çiçek et al. 2015:148 [ref. 35151], Eagderi et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35199], Erk'akan et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35341], Çiçek et al. 2018:17 [ref. 36267], Freyhof et al. 2018:28 [ref. 36385], Çiçek et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37644], Çiçek et al. 2023:337 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:54 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis puncticulata Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant 1998. Cobitidae. Distribution: Eurasia: Aegean Sea tributaries (Greece and Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.