After Froese & Pauly, 2001 [“The Fishbase”]

<==o Cobitis [Acanthophthalmus, Acantophthalmus] Olig. R. Eu. R. As. NAf. [34]
   |-- †G. centrochir
   |-- C. arachthosensis Economidis & Nalbant, 1996
   |-- C. arenae (Lin, 1934)
   |--o C. aurata
   |  |-- C. a. aurata
   |  `-- C. a. aralensis Kessler, 1877 (Aral spined loach)
   |-- C. bilineata Canestrini, 1866
   |-- C. biwae Jordan & Snyder, 1901
   |-- C. calderoni Bacescu, 1962
   |-- C. caucasica Berg, 1906 (Ciscaucasian spined loach)
   |-- C. conspersa Cantoni, 1882
   |-- C. elazigensis Coad & Sarieyyüpoglu, 1988
   |-- C. elongata Heckel & Kner, 1858
   |-- C. granoei Rendahl, 1935
   |-- C. haasi Klausewitz, 1955
   |-- C. hellenica Economidis, 1991
   |-- C. laoensis (Sauvage, 1878)
   |-- C. linea (Heckel, 1846-49)
   |-- C. lutheri Rendahl, 1935 (Luther's spiny loach)
   |-- C. macrostigma Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
   |-- C. megaspila Nalbant, 1993
   |-- C. meridionalis Karaman, 1924
   |-- C. misgurnoides Rendahl, 1944
   |-- C. punctilineata Economidis & Nalbant, 1991
   |-- C. rotundicaudata Wakiya & Mori, 1929
   |-- C. simplicispina Hankó, 1924
   |-- C. sinensis Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874 (Siberian spiny loach)
   |-- C. stephanidisi Economidis, 1992
   |-- C. strumicae Karaman, 1955
   |--o C. taenia Linnaeus, 1758 (rantaneula; Spined loach)
   |  |-- C. t. striata Ikeda, 1936
   |  `-- C. t. taenia Linnaeus, 1758 (rantaneula; Spined loach)
   |-- C. takatsuensis Mizuno, 1970
   |-- C. trichonica Stephanidis, 1974
   |-- C. turcica Hanko, 1924
   |-- C. vardarensis Karaman, 1928
   `--o (Iberocobitis) Bacescu, 1961
      |-- C. (I.) maroccana Pellegrin, 1929
      |-- C. (I.) paludica (de Buen, 1930)
      `-- C. (I.) vettonica Doadrio & Perdices, 1997

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