Il cobite mascherato, Sabanejewia larvata 

(De Filippi, 1859)

Nomi dialettali italiani - A causa delle piccole dimensioni, della somiglianza e della difficoltà di cattura, la specie è solitamente designata con i nomi dialettali riservati al Cobite comune.

Nomi comuni esteri -Inglese - Italian Loach. Portoghese - Verdemã-de-bergatino.  Danese - Bergatino pigsmerling. Finnico - Bergatinonnuoliainen. Polacco - Kózka bergatino. Russo - Presnovodnyi v'yun. Repubblica Ceca - Sekavcík turínský, Sekavec italský.

Cobitis larvata De Filippi, 1859. Nouvelle espèce de poissons d'eau douce du Piémont. Rev. Mag. Zool. (Ser. 2) 50-51; v. 11 50. Status: nomenclatura originaria, non valida. Opinioni: nomenclatura valida come "Sabanejewia larvata" (De Filippi 1859), secondo Kottelat 1997:92, Nalbant & Bianco 1998:120, Bianco & Ketmaier 2001:195. Catalogo: Tortonese 1940:141, Nielsen 1974:49, Vanni 1991:221. Località tipo: torrenti vicino a Settimo Torinese, Torino, Italia. Tipo: mancante. Sintipi: MZUF 5575 (1), Mus. Zool. Univ. Pavia (1), MZUT 510 (4), NMW 48558 (1), ZMB 5014 (2), ZMUC 439-441 (3).

Sabanejewia larvata De Filippi, 1859. Rev. Mag. Zool. (Ser. 2) v. 11 50. Status: nuova nomenclatura, valida.

Sabenejewia larvata De Filippi, 1859. Rev. Mag. Zool. (Ser. 2) v. 11 50. Status: errore di scrittura, nomenclatura non valida.

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