Cobitoidea

E805043

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

Statements (45)

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