Cobitoidea

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Cobitoidea is a superfamily of small, bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes commonly known as loaches, found primarily in Eurasian rivers and streams.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cobitoidea canonical 2
Cobitioidei 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fish superfamily
ray-finned fish superfamily
taxonomic superfamily
class Actinopterygii
commonName loaches
containsFamily Balitoridae
Barbuccidae
Botiidae
Catostomidae
Cobitidae
Ellopostomatidae
Gastromyzontidae
Gyrinocheilidae
Nemacheilidae
Psilorhynchidae
Serpenticobitidae
linked to: Botiidae

Vaillantellidae
describedAs small bottom-dwelling freshwater fishes
ecologicalRole bottom-dwelling insectivore
feedingType benthic feeder
finType ray-finned
foundIn benthic zones of streams and rivers
geographicDistribution Asia
Eurasia
Europe
habitat freshwater
rivers
streams
hasCharacteristic elongated body shape
often possess barbels around the mouth
subterminal mouth adapted for bottom feeding
higherClassification Cypriniformes
includesCommonGroup hillstream loaches
river loaches
true loaches
kingdom Animalia
memberOf Cypriniphysae
order Cypriniformes
phylum Chordata
reproduction oviparous
superorder Cypriniphysae
taxonRank superfamily
typicalBodySize small
typicalSubstrateAssociation benthic
waterType freshwater

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cobitidae superfamily Cobitoidea
Nemacheilidae superfamily Cobitoidea
Cyprinoidei containsTaxon Cobitioidei
linked to: Cobitoidea