Species that contain: Cobitis and biwae [ 4 ] records

biwae, Cobitis Jordan [D. S.] & Snyder [J. O.] 1901:748 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 23 (no. 1235); ref. 2504] Near Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 2703. Paralectotypes: RMNH 36368 (7). Replacement name for Cobitis taenia japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846, preoccupied by Cobitis japonica Houttuyn 1782. Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:167 [ref. 12876] for japonica. •Valid as Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Kuroda 1953:277 [ref. 39545], Okada 1961:555 [ref. 6363], Sawada & Azizawa 1983:318 [ref. 27179], Sawada in Masuda et al. 1984:58 [ref. 6441], Kawanabe & Mizuno 1989:392 [ref. 25598], Sato 1995:51 [ref. 25531], Watanabe 1998:263 [ref. 23491], Shimizu et al. 1998:381 [ref. 23635], Sato et al. 1998:37 [ref. 24972], Mizuno et al. 1999:6 [ref. 25311], Nakabo 2000:274 [ref. 25086], Matsuura et al. 2000:162 [ref. 26000], Kitagawa et al. 2001:250 [ref. 25686], Nakabo 2002:274 [ref. 26001], Kottelat 2012:24 [ref. 32367], Perdices et al. 2016:7 [ref. 34266], Nakajima 2016:125 [ref. 34247], Chen & Chen 2016:388 [ref. 34890], Tan et al. 2019:172 [ref. 36712]). Replacement Name. Current status: Valid as Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901. Cobitidae. Distribution: East Asia: Japan. Habitat: freshwater.

japonica, Cobitis taenia Temminck [C. J.] & Schlegel [H.] 1846:222, Pl. 103 (figs. 3-3a) [Fauna Japonica Parts 10-14; ref. 4374] Near Nagasaki, Japan. Lectotype: RMNH 2703a. Paralectotypes: RMNH 2703 (up to 6 of 7). Lectotype selected by Boeseman 1947:167 [ref. 12876]. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cobitis japonica Houttuyn 1782, replaced by Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901. •Objective synonym of Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Sawada & Azizawa 1983:318 [ref. 27179], Kottelat 2012:24 [ref. 32367]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901. Cobitidae. Habitat: freshwater.

matsubarae, Cobitis taenia Okada [Y.] & Ikeda [H.] 1939:91 et seq. [Sci. Rept. Tokyo Bunrika Daigaku, Sec. B. v. 4 (no. 69); ref. 22727] Japan. No types known. Type information: Hayashi 1995 [ref. 22717]. Appeared as nom. nov. for the non-biwae populations of Cobitis taenia japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846, but biwae was itself a replacement for japonica [WNE, 10 Mar. 2012]. Here regarded as a new subspecies description; see Sawada & Aizawa 1983 [ref. 27179]. •Synonym of Cobitis taenia Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Okada 1961:563 [ref. 6363]). •Valid as Cobitis matsubarae Okada & Ikeda 1939 (often seen as matsubarai) -- (Watanabe 1998:263 [ref. 23491], Nakabo 2000:274 [ref. 25086], Matsuura et al. 2000:165 [ref. 26000], Kitagawa et al. 2001:250 [ref. 25686], Nakabo 2002:274 [ref. 26001], Nakajima 2016:125 [ref. 34247], Chen & Chen 2016:388 [ref. 34890], Tan et al. 2019:172 [ref. 36712]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis matsubarae Okada & Ikeda 1939. Cobitidae. Distribution: Japan. Habitat: freshwater.

schlegeli, Cobitis Bleeker [P.] 1863:41 [Verslagen en Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen. Afdeling Natuurkunde. v. 15; ref. 400] Japan. A substitute name for Cobitis taenia japonica Temminck & Schlegel 1846. An earlier replacement than Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901, but not in use in 1899 (see Kottelat 2012:24 [ref. 32367]). •Synonym of Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901 -- (Kottelat 2012:24 [ref. 32367]). Current status: Synonym of Cobitis biwae Jordan & Snyder 1901. Cobitidae. Habitat: freshwater.