Family Cobitidae Swainson 1838 (carp-like fish)
Osteichthyes - Cypriniformes - Cobitidae
Parent taxon: Cobitoidei according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, Böhme 2008, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Balitoridae, Barbuccidae, Botiidae, Catostomidae, Ellopostomatidae, Gastromyzontidae, Gyrinocheilidae, Jianghanichthyidae, Nemacheilidae, Serpenticobitidae, Vaillantellidae
Subtaxa: Cobitis
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
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