kurui, Cobitis vardarensis Erk'akan [F.], Atalay-Ekmekçi [F. G.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 1998:13, Fig. [Turkish Journal of Zoology v. 22 (no. 1); ref. 24119] Menderes River, at Saplik bridge, Selçuk-Aydin, Turkey. Holotype: HUIC uncat. Paratypes: HUIC uncat. (29). •Synonym of Cobitis vardarensis Karaman 1928, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Erk'akan et al. 1999:14 [ref. 25143]). •Valid as Cobitis kurui Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant 1998 -- (Fricke et al. 2007:48 [ref. 29533], Erk'akan et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35341]). •Synonym of Cobitis vardarensis Karaman 1928 -- (Kottelat 2012:30 [ref. 32367]). •Synonym of Cobitis fahireae Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant 1998 -- (Freyhof et al. 2018:17 [ref. 36385]). Current status: Synonym of Cobitis fahireae Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant 1998. Cobitidae. Habitat: freshwater, brackish.