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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Cobitis brevifasciata

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cobitidae

Genus

Cobitis

Species

Cobitis brevifasciata

📏 True-scale comparison (1 m = 1 m) against a 1.75 m humanLength 6cm

🔍 Zoomed View — Same scale as a credit card & 2.65cm coin

· Grid units represent actual meters (m); human and animals are drawn to the exact same scale with original silhouette aspect ratios preserved.
· When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
· Short-banded loach silhouette: PhyloPic — Krüger, Jr. · Public Domain Mark 1.0 (Cobitis taenia)
· Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0

• Length vs. 1.75 m human: 0.03× Compare with other species →

Actinopteri🍂 Omnivore

Short-banded loach

Cobitis brevifasciata (Short-banded loach · シマドジョウ)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)VU (Vulnerable)

DDData Deficient

LCLeast Concern

NTNear Threatened

VUVulnerable

ENEndangered

CRCritically End.

EWExtinct in Wild

EXExtinct

🇰🇷 Class I endangered wildlife (Korea)

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Omnivore

Length · Height

6cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Shallow small streams with sandy and gravelly bottoms on the Goheung Peninsula, Geogeumdo, and Geumodo in Jeollanam-do

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 Its body length of about 6 cm is slightly longer than two Korean 500-won coins (about 2.65 cm in diameter) placed side by side (Comparison).
💡 The streams where it lives are 1–3 m wide and 80 cm or less in depth, narrower than the length of a passenger car (about 4–5 m) (Comparison).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#좀수수치#Cobitis brevifasciata

📖 1. Overview

The Short-banded loach is a tiny freshwater loach living only in small streams of the Goheung Peninsula and a few islands in Jeollanam-do, Korea.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its body is long and flattened from side to side with a small head. Along the lower sides of its body, 13–19 brown vertical bars are lined up at regular intervals.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

It lives on gravel bottoms in shallow, gently to swiftly flowing water, feeding on aquatic insects and microscopic algae such as diatoms, and spawns in April and May.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

It is a Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) species and a Korean endemic living only on the Goheung Peninsula, Geogeumdo, and Geumodo in Jeollanam-do. It is very vulnerable to stream modification and water pollution.