Published October 17, 2023 | Version v1
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Oxynoemacheilus longipinnis

  • 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 longipinnis (Coad & Nalbant, 2005) [N] Meymeh loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Ilamnemacheilus longipinnis Coad & Nalbant, 2005: 552, figs. 1–4 [Meymeh River (formerly tributary of Tigris River), Tigris-Euphrates drainage, 17 kilometers west of Dehloran City, about 21 kilometers east of Iraqi border, 32°45’30”N, 47°05’30”E, Iran; holotype: CMNFI 1979-0366 (ex NMC 79-966)].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Coad & Nalbant (2005: 304, figs. 1, 3) as Ilamnemacheilus longipinnis. Sayyadzadeh et al. (2017; 2, fig. 1).

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in the original description by Freyhof et al. (2021).—Iraq materials: ZFMK-ICH, FSJF.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris River basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Meymeh River drainage, Tigris River basin (Iraq, Iran, 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.

Notes

Published as part of Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, pp. 1-49 in Zootaxa 5357 (1) on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10012543

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References

  • Coad, B. W. & Nalbant, T. T. (2005) A new genus and a new species of a remarkable nemacheilid fish from Iran (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Nemacheilidae). Travaux du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle " Grigore Antipa ", 48, 303 - 308.
  • Sayyadzadeh, G., Esmaeili, H. R., Eagderi, S., Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Masoudi, M. & Vatandoust S. (2017) Re-description of Oxynoemacheilus longipinnis from the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 63 (3), 228 - 238. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 09397140.2017.1349243