Species that contain: Cobitis and vardarensis [ 2 ] records

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.

vardarensis, Cobitis taenia Karaman [S.] 1928:162 [Glasnik Skopskog Nauchnog Drustva [Glasnik -- Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Skopje]. v. 6; ref. 15903] Vardar River, Yugoslavia/Macedonia. Syntypes: MMNHS (lost). Also in Karaman 1929:173 [ref. 15904]. •Valid as Cobitis vardarensis Karaman 1928 -- (Economidis & Nalbant 1996:301 [ref. 23723], Kottelat 1997:90 [ref. 22952], Erk'akan et al. 1999:14 [ref. 25143], Kottelat & Freyhof 2007:317 [ref. 29996], Kottelat 2012:30 [ref. 32367], Barbieri et al. 2015:73 [ref. 35029], Çiçek et al. 2015:148 [ref. 35151], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2017:124 [ref. 35196], Eagderi et al. 2017:50 [ref. 35199], Erk'akan et al. 2017:88 [ref. 35341], Freyhof et al. 2018:72 [ref. 36385]). Current status: Valid as Cobitis vardarensis Karaman 1928. Cobitidae. Distribution: Aegean Sea basin: Greece and Macedonia. Habitat: freshwater.