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Species related to Cobitis japonica: [ 1 ] record

japonica, Cobitis Houttuyn [M.] 1782:337 [Verhandelingen der Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, Haarlem v. 20 (pt 2); ref. 2220] Japan. No types known. •Unidentifiable, in Synodus -- (Waples & Randall 1989:204 [ref. 9187]). •See Boeseman 1995:6 [ref. 21811]. Current status: Uncertain. Synodontidae. Habitat: marine.