#2089 · 🐟 fish
Spined Loach
🇳🇱 Kleine modderkruiper ·Cobitis taenia
📍 Muiden, Nederland
📍 Heemskerk, Nederland
📍 Leiden, Netherlands
📍 9215 VZ De Veenhoop, Nederland
📍 Haveltermade, Meppel, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Wiki-Harfus · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © parcooglionord · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Михаил Анурьев · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © durnox · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Joost . · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Muiden, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Heemskerk, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Leiden, Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. 9215 VZ De Veenhoop, Nederland:© teddydolstra · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Haveltermade, Meppel, Nederland:© anniekjehh · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The spined loach ( Cobitis taenia ) is a common freshwater fish in Europe and Asia. 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).
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 85 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #18 most seen of the fish in NL.
- 558 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Spined Loach
- Nederlands
- Kleine modderkruiper
- scientific name
- Cobitis taenia
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Cypriniformes
- family
- Cobitidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 85
- sightings in Europe
- 389
- sightings worldwide
- 558
- GBIF records in NL
- 27,171
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Cobitidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 98114, Wikidata Q728408, GBIF 2368185, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.