Cobitis gracilis Chen & Chen, 2016

Family:  Cobitidae (Spined loaches)
Max. size:  6.42 cm SL (male/unsexed); 7.94 cm SL (female)
Environment:  benthopelagic; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: China.
Diagnosis:  This species differs from C. granoei and C. melanoleuca by the following characters: small meniscus lamina circularis at the base of the 1st branched pectoral fin ray in males (vs. knife lamina circularis in C. melanoleuca; larger semilunar lamina circularis in C. granoei); slender and straight suborbital spine, with long processus latero-caudalis, less than one-second of the processus medio-caudalis (vs. thick and straight suborbital with short processus latero-caudalis in C. melanoleuca; slender and curved suborbital spine with long processus latero-caudalis in C. granoei); and upper jet black spot pigmentation at the base of caudal fin inconspicuous or absent (vs. conspicuous in C. melanoleuca and C. granoei) (Ref. 128861).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 20 March 2020 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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