Overview
Characteristics
Overview
Loach minnow was originally classified as Rhinichthys cobitis by Charles Girard in 1856. However, its taxonomic status was revised in 2017 (Smith et al.) to Tiaroga cobitis to better reflect our current understanding of the fish’s evolutionary development from more recent morphological and genetic data.
Girard, C., 1856. Researches Upon the Cyprinoid Fishes Inhabiting the Fresh Waters of the United States, West of the Mississippi Valley.
Smith, G.R., Chow, J., Unmack, P.J., Markle, D.F. and Dowling, T.E., 2017. Evolution of the Rhinichthys osculus complex (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in western North America. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan.