Typová lokalita
Tributary of Kara-Su River at Tsadokhly, Ganja-Qazakh region, Azerbaijan, 41°22'48.6"N, 45°09'24.5"E.
Původní popis
Vasil'eva, E. D., Solovyeva, E.N., Levin, B. A. & Vasil'ev, V. P. 2020. Cobitis derzhavini sp. nova — a new spined loach species (Teleostei: Cobitidae) discovered in the Transcaucasia. Journal of Ichthyology v. 60 (no. 2): 135-153.
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.