Authorship

SN2000 author citation	:			C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling	:			Linnaeus, C. 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 303.

Gender

Feminine

Ref: ICZN, 1988b. Opinion 1500: 178.

Attributes

Name placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology [ICZN, 1999: Art. 80.6]

Ref: ICZN, 1988b. Opinion 1500: 178. [new]

Types

Type of	:	Cobitidae (Family) Swainson, 1838		Ref: ICZN, 1988b: 178.
Type of	:	Cobitididae (Family) "Swainson, 1838", nom. illeg.
Type of	:	Cobitinae (Subfamily) Swainson, 1839
Type of	:	Cobitoidea (Superfamily) Swainson, 1839
Type, by subsequent designation	:	Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758		Ref: ICZN, 1988b: 178. [new]

Variants

Unavailable name	:	Cobitis (Genus) nom. inval.
Unavailable name	:	Cobitus (Genus) nom. inval.

Synonyms

Junior objective synonym	:	Acantophthalmus (Genus) van Hasselt, 1823, nom. inval.		Ref: ICZN, 1988b: 178.
Including	:	†Acanthopsis (Genus) Agassiz, 1832		Ref: W.N. Eschmeyer, 2004-2016: 2 Oct 2012.
Including	:	†Acanthopsis (Genus) Agassiz, 1832		Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 11 May 2024.
Including	:	Iksookimia (Genus) Nalbant, 1993		Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025.
Including	:	Kichulchoia (Genus) Kim, Park & Nalbant, 1999		Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025.
Including	:	Niwaella (Genus) Nalbant, 1963		Ref: R. Fricke et al. (eds.), 2021: 9 Apr 2025.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name

:

steenbijters

Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (Latin)

Stem	:	Cobit-	Ref: ICZN, 1988b: 178. [new]
	:	Cobitid-	Ref: G.C. Steyskal, 1980: 170, 176.