taurica, Cobitis Vasil'eva [E. D.], Vasil'ev [V. P.], Janko [K.], Ráb [P.] & Rábová [M.] in Janko et al. 2005:417, Fig. 4a [Folia Zoologica: international journal of vertebrate zoology. v. 54 (no. 4); ref. 28442] Chernaya [Salgir] River, Crimean Peninsula, Urkraine. Holotype: ZMUU P-21358. Paratypes: ZMUU P-21358 (4), P-21360 (5 now 2), P-21631(1); NMP [ex ZMUU P-21360] P6V 83977-79 (3). Plus non-type specimens. Type catalog: Mlíkovský et al. 2011:154 [ref. 33498]. •Valid as Cobitis taurica Vasil'eva, Vasil'ev, Janko, Ráb & Rábová 2005 -- (Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:316 [ref. 29996], Kottelat 2012:29 [ref. 32367], Kottelat 2012:77 [ref. 32367], Freyhof et al. 2018:72 [ref. 36385], Dyldin et al. 2020:105, 111 [ref. 37569], Dyldin et al. 2023:[5] [ref. 40328]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis taurica Vasil'eva, Vasil'ev, Janko, Ráb & Rábová 2005. Cobitidae. Distribution: Eastern Europe: Chernaya River, Crimean Peninsula (Ukraine, Russia); possibly more widely distributed in the Black Sea basin. Habitat: freshwater.