Oxynoemacheilus parvinae
Oxynoemacheilus parvinae is a species of stone loach which is endemic to the drainage of the Sirvan River, a tributary of the Tigris in Kermanshah Province of Iran where it prefers reasonable fast flowing, relatively clear water of a gravel substrate. it has not been evaluated for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species but it may be threatened by drought, water abstraction and pollution. The specific name honours Parvin Etesami, a famous Iranian poet of the 20th-century.[2]
| Oxynoemacheilus parvinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
| Species: | O. parvinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoemacheilus parvinae | |
References
- Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus parvinae Sayyadzadeh, Eagderi & Esmaeili, 2016". Fishbase. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- Sayyadzadeh, G.; Eagderi, S.; Esmaeili, H.R. (2016). "A new loach of the genus Oxynoemacheilus from the Tigris River drainage and its phylogenetic relationships among the nemacheilid fishes (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Middle East based on mtDNA COI sequences". Iranian Journal of Ichthyology. 3 (4): 236–250.
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