Oxynoemacheilus namiri
Authors/Creators
- 1. Al Andalus University, Kadmus, Tartus, Syria / Syrian Society for Aquatic Environment Protection, Lattakia, Syria.
- 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye.
- 3. Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
- 4. Staatliches Museum f ¸ r Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany.
- 5. Health Services Vocational School, Nevþehir Hacý BektaþVeli University, Nevþehir, T ¸ rkiye.
- 6. Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
Description
Oxynoemacheilus namiri (Krupp & Schneider, 1991) [N] — Levantine loach; Lahhas alsakhr
Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus namiri Krupp & Schneider, 1991: 28, figs. 7-13 [Orontes at Jisr ash-Shughur, Syria, 35°48‘N, 36°19‘E; holotype: SMF 17387].—Syrian synonyms: Schistura namiri (Krupp & Schneider, 1991a).—Revisions: Freyhof et al. (2012).—Illustration: Krupp & Schneider (1991a: 28, figs. 7-13) as Nemacheilus namiri, Freyhof et al. (2012: 304, fig. 3, Syria).
Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Krupp & Schneider (1991a: 28); subsequently reported by Saad et al. (2009).—Syrian material: CMN, SMF, FSJF.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Orontes River basin.—Distribution in River Basin: 4-Orontes.— General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Orontes River basin (Syria and Turkey).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 437-Orontes.—Habitat: This species lives in moderately fast-flowing to almost standing waters of springs, reservoirs, streams, and rivers with mud or gravel substrate. Freshwater.
Economic importance. No commercial importance.
Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CON, HAB, CLI, EUT.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.— Moderate priority for conservation action.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Krupp & Schneider
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Oxynoemacheilus
- Species
- namiri
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oxynoemacheilus namiri (Krupp, 1991) sec. Saad, Çiçek, Esmaeili, Fricke, Sungur & Eagderi, 2023
References
- Krupp, F. & Schneider, W. (1991 a) Two new species of Nemacheilus Bleeker 1863 from the Orontes River drainage basin of Lebanon, Syria and Turkey (Pisces: Osteichthyes: Balitoridae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 71 (1 / 3), 23 - 34.
- Freyhof, J., Erk'akan, F., Ozeren, S. C. & Perdices, A. (2012) An overview of the western Palaearctic loach genus Oxynoemacheilus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 22 (4), 301 - 312.
- Saad, A., Khalaf, G., Alzein, G., Abdellatif, A., Sabour, W., Alhawi, I. & Hammoud, N. (2009) An updated check list of Fish in the Orontes River Basin within Syria and Lebanon. Final report of the joint Lebanese-Syrian scientific research project, Contract No. 119 of 2006. s. n., s. l., 62 pp. [in Arabic with an English summary]
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022 - 2. Available from: https: // www. iucnredlist. org / (accessed date 12 July 2023)