Eidinemacheilus smithi
Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagroz blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.[2][3]
Eidinemacheilus smithi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Eidinemacheilus |
Species: | E. smithi |
Binomial name | |
Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood, 1976) | |
Synonyms | |
Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood, 1976 |
It is named after British explorer Anthony Smith, who collected the type specimens.[4]
There are three other known cavefish species in Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and G. typhlops.[5][6]
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2018). "Eidinemacheilus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14489A136077821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14489A136077821.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2021 ): Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466-476.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Paracobitis smithi" in FishBase. June 2016 version.
- Scharpf, C.; Lazara2, K.J. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project.
- Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2016). "Garra lorestanensis, a new cave fish from the Tigris River drainage with remarks on the subterranean fishes in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (1): 45–54.
- Mousavi-Sabet; Vatandoust; Fatemi; Eagderi (2016). "Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, A New Blind Species from the Tigris River Drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (3): 133–148.
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