What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Danubian Spined Loach been recorded?

Cobitis elongatoides occurrence evidence comes from 236 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1966 to 2011. Most records come from Slovenia.

CypriniformesCobitidaeCobitis

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

236 records across 7 countries and territories, 1966–2011.

Cobitis elongatoides · GBIF taxon key 2368212

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: June.

11 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19662011

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Danubian Spined Loach has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Danubian Spined Loach. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Slovenia 84
Croatia 59
Serbia 45
Bosnia & Herzegovina 27
Bulgaria 19
Germany 1
Slovakia 1

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