rossomeridionalis, Cobitis Vasil'eva [E. D.] & Vasil'ev [V. P.] 1998:607, Figs. 2-5 [Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 38 (no. 5); ref. 24120] River Don near Rogozhkino, Rostovskaya Obl., Russia. Holotype: ZMMU P-20240. Paratypes: ZMMU P-20241 (34); ZIL 51172 (2). Plus non-type material. Type catalog: Vasil'eva et al. 2001:24 [ref. 25714]. •Valid as Cobitis rossomeridionalis Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev 1998. •Synonym of Cobitis tanaitica Băcescu & Mayer 1969 -- (Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:316 [ref. 29996], Kottelat 2012:29 [ref. 32367], Parin et al. 2014:100 [ref. 33547]). Current status: Synonym of Cobitis tanaitica Băcescu & Mayer 1969. Cobitidae. Distribution: Basins of the Kuban, Don, Kalka, Obitochnaya, Dnieper, South Bug and Dniester rivers, Russia [if valid]. Habitat: freshwater.