{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Freyhof, J. |author2=Kottelat, M. |date=2008 |title=''Cobitis elongata'' |volume=2008 |article-number=e.T5031A11108572 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T5031A11108572.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | taxon = Cobitis elongata | authority = Heckel & Kner, 1858 }}
'''''Cobitis elongata''''' ('''Balkan loach''') is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae. It is found in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, and Turkey.
In the most recent (2008) assessment, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists the Balkan loach's status as "least concern".
== Sources ==<!-- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46 (2008) 382–390 --> {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{FishBase|genus=Cobitis|species=elongata|year=2008|month=02}}
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Category:Cobitis Category:Freshwater fish of Europe Category:Fish described in 1858 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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