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Italian Spined Loach
Cobitis bilineata
Cobitis bilineata, the Italian spined loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae found in northern Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland. Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers and freshwater marshes. It has been accidentally introduced to Croatia, France, Spain and the rest of Italy, including Sardinia. It is considered Least concern by the IUCN and the EEC.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 98092.