Cobitis takenoi

This species can be diagnosed by the following characters: maxillary barbel short, more of the same eye diameter; adult males with lamina circularis simple and roundish; upper segments of the first branched ray of the pectoral fin narrow; prepelvic myotome 14; line L5 organized in 11-17 oblong or ovoid blotches out of spawning season, and lines L3 and L5 in adult male well-developed longitudinal obvious stripes during spawning season; lower and upper spot at caudal base not connected; tetraploid (Ref. 118115).Description: Dorsal-fin rays iii, 7; anal-fin rays iii, 5; pectoral-fin rays i, 7-8; and pelvic-fin rays ii, 6 (Ref. 118115).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analsoft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 40 - 44

Occurs in the middle and lower reaches of rivers with sandy-mud bottom (Ref. 118115).