Spined loach

Spined loach
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cobitidae
Genus:	Cobitis
Species:	C. taenia
Binomial name
Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Cobitis spilura Holandre, 1837 Cobitinula anatoliae Hankó, 1925 Cobitis taenioides M.C. Băcescu and R. Mayer, 1969

The spined loach (Cobitis taenia) is a common freshwater fish in Europe. It is sometimes known as spotted weather loach, not to be confused with the "typical" weather loaches of the genus Misgurnus. This is the type species of the spiny loach genus (Cobitis) and the true loach family (Cobitidae).