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Serpenticobitis Roberts 1997 serpentis (L.), snake, referring to fang-like suborbital spines and banded coloration; cobitis, Neo-Latin for loach, from kōbí̄tis (κωβῖτις), ancient Greek name for small fishes that bury in the bottom and/or are like a gudgeon or goby (the name was first applied to loaches by Rondelet in 1555)

Serpenticobitis cingulata Roberts 1997 Latin for belted, referring to 7–12 thin, dark, mostly incomplete bands on body

Serpenticobitis octozona Roberts 1997 octo-, from oktṓ (Gr. ὀκτώ), eight; zona (L.), band or girdle, referring to eight thin vertical bands encircling body

Serpenticobitis zonata Kottelat 1998 Latin for girdled or banded, referring to regularly shaped and set bars extending onto the belly compared with irregularly shaped bars restricted to upper 2/3 of flank on S. cingulata