Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii
Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii is a species of stone loach from the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[3] It is found in the Kul River basin in Iran.[2] It has only been recorded once.[1]
| Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
| Species: | O. tongiorgii |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii | |
| Synonyms | |
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Barbatula simavica (Balik & Banarescu, 1978) | |
The fish is named in honor of Paolo Tongiorgi (b. 1936) of the University of Modena, who as co-editor of the Italian Journal of Zoology, helped in the final editing of the special volume in which this fish's description appeared.[4]
References
- Devi, R.; Boguskaya, N. (2009). "Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T169625A6657173. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169625A6657173.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998)". Fishbase. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus Cobitidum:an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
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