The golden loaches (Sabanejewia) are a genus of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae.
Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:
- Sabanejewia aralensis <small>(Kessler, 1877)</small> (Aral spined loach)
- Sabanejewia aurata <small>(De Filippi, 1863)</small> (golden spined loach)
- Sabanejewia balcanica <small>(S. L. Karaman, 1922)</small> (Balkan golden loach)
- Sabanejewia baltica <small>Witkowski, 1994</small> (Northern golden loach)
- Sabanejewia bulgarica <small>(Drensky, 1928)</small>
- Sabanejewia caspia <small>(Eichwald, 1838)</small> (Caspian spined loach)
- Sabanejewia caucasica <small>(L. S. Berg, 1906)</small> (Ciscaucasian spined loach)
- Sabanejewia kubanica <small>Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 1988</small>
- Sabanejewia larvata <small>(De Filippi, 1859)</small> (Italian loach)
- Sabanejewia maeotica <small>Vasil'eva & Vasil'ev, 2023</small> (Azov golden loach)
- Sabanejewia romanica <small>(BÃÂcescu, 1943)</small> (Romanian loach)
- Sabanejewia vallachica <small>(Nalbant, 1957)</small> (Eastern Carpathian golden loach)
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