Có 74 loài được ghi nhận trong các chi:

• Cobitis amphilekta E. Vasil'eva & V. Vasil'ev, 2012 [2]
• Cobitis arachthosensis Economidis & Nalbant, 1996
• Cobitis australis Y. X. Chen, Y. F. Chen & D. K. He, 2013 [3]
• Cobitis avicennae Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Esmaeili, Geiger & Freyhof, 2015 [4]
• Cobitis bilineata Canestrini, 1865
• Cobitis bilseli Battalgil, 1942
• Cobitis biwae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
• Cobitis calderoni Băcescu, 1962
• Cobitis choii I. S. Kim & Y. M. Son, 1984 (Choi's spiny loach)
• Cobitis crassicauda Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2013 [5]
• Cobitis dalmatina S. L. Karaman, 1928
• Cobitis damlae Erk'akan & Özdemir, 2014 [6]
• Cobitis dolichorhynchus Nichols, 1918
• Cobitis elazigensis Coad & Sarieyyüpoglu, 1988
• Cobitis elongata Heckel & Kner, 1858 (Balkan loach)
• Cobitis elongatoides Băcescu & R. Mayer, 1969
• Cobitis evreni Erk'akan, Özeren & Nalbant, 2008
• Cobitis fahireae Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998
• Cobitis faridpaki Mousavi-Sabet, E. Vasil'eva, Vatandoust & Vasil'ev, 2011 [7]
• Cobitis fasciola Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2013 [5]
• Cobitis gladkovi Vasil'ev & Vasil'eva, 2008
• Cobitis hankugensis I. S. Kim, J. Y. Park, Y. M. Son & Nalbant, 2003
• Cobitis hellenica Economidis & Nalbant, 1996
• Cobitis illyrica Freyhof & Stelbrink, 2007
• Cobitis jadovaensis Mustafić & Mrakovčić, 2008
• Cobitis kaibarai Nakajima, 2012 [8]
• Cobitis kellei Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998
• Cobitis keyvani Mousavi-Sabet, Yerli, Vatandoust, Özeren & Moradkhani, 2012 [9]
• Cobitis laoensis Sauvage, 1878
• Cobitis levantina Krupp & Moubayed, 1992
• Cobitis linea Heckel, 1847
• Cobitis lutheri Rendahl (de), 1935 (Luther's spiny loach)
• Cobitis macrostigma Dabry de Thiersant, 1872
• Cobitis magnostriata Nakajima, 2012 [8]
• Cobitis maroccana Pellegrin, 1929
• Cobitis matsubarai Okada & Ikeda, 1939
• Cobitis melanoleuca Nichols, 1925
• Cobitis meridionalis S. L. Karaman, 1924
• Cobitis microcephala Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2011
• Cobitis minamorii Nakajima, 2012 [8]
  • C. m. minamorii Nakajima, 2012 [8]
  • C. m. oumiensis Nakajima, 2012 [8]
  • C. m. saninensis Nakajima, 2012 [8]
  • C. m. tokaiensis Nakajima, 2012 [8]
  • C. m. yodoensis Nakajima, 2012 [8]
• Cobitis multimaculata Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2011
• Cobitis narentana S. L. Karaman, 1928
• Cobitis ohridana S. L. Karaman, 1928
• Cobitis paludica F. de Buen, 1930
• Cobitis phrygica Battalgazi, 1944
• Cobitis pontica E. Vasil'eva & V. Vasil'ev, 2006
• Cobitis puncticulata Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998
• Cobitis punctilineata Economidis & Nalbant, 1996
• Cobitis rara J. X. Chen, 1981
• Cobitis satunini Gladkov, 1935
• Cobitis shikokuensis Suzawa, 2006
• Cobitis sibirica Gladkov, 1935
• Cobitis simplicispina Hankó, 1925
• Cobitis sinensis Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874 (Siberian spiny loach)
• Cobitis splendens Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998
• Cobitis stenocauda Y. X. Chen & Y. F. Chen, 2013 [5]
• Cobitis stephanidisi Economidis, 1992
• Cobitis striata Ikeda, 1936
  • C. s fuchigamii Nakajima, 2012 [8]
  • C. s hakataensis Nakajima, 2012 [8]
  • C. s striata Ikeda, 1936
• Cobitis strumicae S. L. Karaman, 1955
• Cobitis taenia Linnaeus, 1758 (Spined Loach)
• Cobitis takatsuensis Mizuno, 1970
• Cobitis tanaitica Băcescu & R. Mayer, 1969
• Cobitis taurica E. Vasil'eva & V. Vasil'ev, Janko, Ráb & Rábová, 2005
• Cobitis tetralineata I. S. Kim, J. Y. Park & Nalbant, 1999
• Cobitis trichonica Stephanidis, 1974
• Cobitis turcica Hankó, 1925
• Cobitis vardarensis S. L. Karaman, 1928
• Cobitis vettonica Doadrio & Perdices, 1997
• Cobitis ylengensis S. V. Ngô, 2003
• Cobitis zanandreai Cavicchioli, 1965
• Cobitis zhejiangensis Y. M. Son & S. P. He, 2005

Incertae sedis

• Cobitis arenae S. Y. Lin, 1934 (probably represents unnamed genus)
• Cobitis guttatus V. H. Nguyễn, 2005 (species probably belongs to as yet unnamed genus)
• Cobitis lachnostoma Rutter, 1897 (species inquirenda in Cobitis)