Cobitis calderoni

Cobitis calderoni is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Cobitis calderoni
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cobitidae
Genus:	Cobitis
Species:	C. calderoni
Binomial name
Cobitis calderoni Băcescu, 1962

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Enrique C. Calderón, who was the chief engineer, at the Station Centrale d’Hydrobiologie de Madrid, who collected the holotype specimen.^[2]