Japanese striped loach
(Cobitis striata)
Classification
Species:
Cobitis striata
Genus:
Cobitis - Spiny loaches
Family: Cobitidae - True loaches
Order: Cypriniformes - Carps
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
General data
Scientific names:
Japanese striped loach
Habitat:
Freshwater
Climate:
Temperate
Native:
Asia
Distribution:
Cobitis striata is a species of fish in the family Cobitidae found in the rivers flowing into the Seto Inland Sea in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and rivers flowing into the Japan Sea in Honshu: Kyoto, Osaka, Wakayama, Hyōgo, Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Kagawa, Tokushima, Ehime, and Fukuoka Prefectures in Japan.