taurica, Nemachilus barbatulus var. Kessler [K. F.] 1877:271 [The Aralo-Caspian Expedition; ref. 2597] Selgir River, Crimea, Ukraine. Syntypes: ZIN 3029 (3), 3032 (3). Original genus is correctly Nemacheilus. Original as Nemachilus barbatulus Varietas: Cobitis taurica. •Synonym of Nemacheilus barbatulus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Berg 1949:868 [ref. 20661] as Nemachilus). •Synonym of Orthrias barbatulus (Linnaeus 1758), subspecies barbatulus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Prokofiev 2007:54 [ref. 30343]). •Valid as Barbatula taurica (Kessler 1877) -- (Calegari et al. 2025:25 [ref. 42237]). Current status: Valid as Barbatula taurica (Kessler 1877). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Eastern Europe: Crimea, Ukraine and southwestern Russia. Habitat: freshwater.