Oxynoemacheilus namiri

Oxynoemacheilus namiri, the Levantine loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[2] This species is common and widespread in the drainage system of the Orontes in Turkey and Syria, as well as in coastal streams in Syria south of the border with Lebanon, where it can be found in springs, reservoirs, streams and rivers.[1]

Oxynoemacheilus namiri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. namiri
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus namiri
(Krupp & W. Schneider, 1991)
Synonyms

Schistura namiri (Krupp & W. Schneider, 1991)
Nemacheilus namiri Krupp & W. Schneider, 1991

Footnotes

  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus namiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19429091A19849276. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19429091A19849276.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.


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