Genus

Microcobitis

Species: 1
Photographed: 1 of 1
Difficulty rated: 1 of 1

Where the name comes fromEdit

from the Greek word micros, meaning 'small' (used as a prefix in this case) and the generic name Cobitis, type genus of Cobitidae, in which Microcobitis was originally placed due to the similar shape of the lamina circularis in males.

Male specimen from the river Thua Luu, Vietnam.

Microcobitis misgurnoides

Rendahl, 1944

Microcobitis misgurnoides is a small cobitid loach from central Vietnam and the Mekong system in eastern Laos, growing to 41 mm SL. It was described in Cobitis and stayed there for over 60 years until Bohlen and Harant (2011) moved it to the new genus Microcobitis. It apparently lives in groups, and a soft, sandy substrate probably suits it best.

Moderate