Species that contain: Cobitis and strumicae [ 3 ] records

peschevi, Cobitis Sivkov [Y. S.] & Dobrovolov [I. S.] 1984:1673, Figs. 1-2 [Comptes Rendus de l'Académie Bulgare des Sciences v. 37 (no. 12); ref. 8213] Eleshnitsa River, Bulgaria, elevation 60 meters. Holotype: MNHV 1627. Paratypes: MNHV 1642-1675 (33), NMNHS 511-537 (27). Described as a new species by the same authors in 1986 [ref. 8038] with spelling peshevi; spelled peschevi in 1984. •Valid as Cobitis peschevi Sivkov & Dobrovolov 1984 -- (Vassilev 1998:282 [ref. 24118] as peshevi, Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:172 [ref. 28369]). •Synonym of Cobitis albicoloris Chichkoff 1932 -- (Ivanova & Dobrovolov 2002:37 [ref. 26746]). •Synonym of Cobitis strumicae Karaman 1955 -- (Economidis & Nalbant 1996:306 [ref. 23723], Kottelat 1997:88 [ref. 22952], Kottelat 2012:29 [ref. 32367], Freyhof et al. 2018:35 [ref. 36385]). Current status: Synonym of Cobitis strumicae Karaman 1955. Cobitidae. Habitat: freshwater.

rhodopensis, Cobitis (Bicanestrinia) Vassilev [M. V.] 1998:280, Figs. 1-2 [Spixiana (München) v. 21 (no. 3); ref. 24118] Biala River, downstream from Meden buk village, Bulgaria. Holotype: DHISUB 199501C. Paratypes: DHISUB 199501C (34). •Valid as Cobitis rhodopensis Vassilev 1998 -- (Pehlivanov 2000:47 [ref. 25202], Ivanova & Dobrovolov 2002:35 [ref. 26746], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:172 [ref. 28369]). •Synonym of Cobitis strumicae Karaman 1955 -- (Kottelat 2012:29 [ref. 32367], Freyhof et al. 2018:35 [ref. 36385]). Current status: Synonym of Cobitis strumicae Karaman 1955. Cobitidae. Habitat: freshwater.

strumicae, Cobitis taenia Karaman [S. L.] 1955:190, fig. 4 [Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium v. 3 (no. 7); ref. 12279] Monospitovo swamp and Strumica River, Yugoslavia. Syntypes: MMNHS (lost). •Synonym of Cobitis taenia Linnaeus 1758, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Lelek 1987:247 [ref. 22962]). •Valid as Cobitis strumicae Karaman 1955 -- (Economidis & Nalbant 1996:306 [ref. 23723], Kottelat 1997:88 [ref. 22952], Erk'akan et al. 1999:25 [ref. 25143], Vassilev & Pehlivanov 2005:172 [ref. 28369], Fricke et al. 2007:49 [ref. 29533], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:314 [ref. 29996], Kottelat 2012:29 [ref. 32367], Barbieri et al. 2015:73 [ref. 35029], Çiçek et al. 2015:148 [ref. 35151], Eagderi et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35199], Erk'akan et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35341], Freyhof et al. 2018:35 [ref. 36385], Özuluğ & Saç 2019:25 [ref. 36599], Çiçek et al. 2020:244 [ref. 37644], Çiçek et al. 2023:339 [ref. 40625], Ozpicak et al. 2023:[4] [ref. 40117], Çiçek et al. 2024:57 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis strumicae Karaman 1955. Cobitidae. Distribution: Eurasia: Aegean and Black Sea basins (Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.