splendens, Cobitis Erk'akan [F.], Atalay-Ekmekçi [F. G.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 1998:11, Figs. 3 A-E [Turkish Journal of Zoology v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 24119] Small stream tributary to the Black Sea, about 200 meters from sea border, 16 kilometers east of Akçakoca, and about 30 kilometers southwest of Eregli (Black Sea), Turkey. Holotype: HUIC uncat. Paratypes: HUIC uncat. (15), ISBB 4687 (4). •Valid as Cobitis splendens Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant 1998 -- (Erk'akan et al. 1999:17 [ref. 25143], Fricke et al. 2007:49 [ref. 29533], Kottelat 2012:29 [ref. 32367], 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. 2018:33 [ref. 36385], Çiçek et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37644], Çiçek et al. 2023:339 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:57 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis splendens Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant 1998. Cobitidae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Black Sea coastal watersheds, northern Anatolia (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.