Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis Freyhof, Kaya & Turan 2017
Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 2. School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
- 3. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
- 4. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
- 5. Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye
- 6. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany
Description
Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis Freyhof, Kaya & Turan, 2017 [N] — Kentrites loach
Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis Freyhof, Kaya & Turan, 2017: 552, figs. 1–4 [Stream Kesan about 1 km south of Güntepe, Bitlis Province, 38°21’24’’N, 42°37’39’’E, Turkey; holotype: FFR 01566].—Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2017: figs. 1–4).
Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Freyhof et al. (2021).—Iraq materials: ZFMK-ICH, FSJF.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris River basin.—General distribution: Middle East: upper Tigris River basin (Turkey, Iraq, and Syria).—Habitat: This species occurs in moderately fast-flowing to almost standing waters of clean springs, streams, and rivers with mud or gravel substrate. Freshwater.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- FFR
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Oxynoemacheilus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- FFR 01566
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Freyhof, Kaya & Turan
- Species
- kentritensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis Freyhof, 2017 sec. Çiçek, Jawad, Eagderi, Esmaeili, Mouludi-Saleh, Sungur & Fricke, 2023
References
- Freyhof, J., Kaya, C. & Turan, D. (2017) Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis, a new species from the upper Tigris drainage in Turkey with remarks on O. frenatus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4258 (6), 551 - 560. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4258.6.4