Turcinoemacheilus Bănărescu et Nalbant, 1964

Type species: Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi Bănărescu et Nalbant, 1964

Emended diagnosis: This genus can be distinguished from all the other nemacheilid genera in the following combination of characters: preethmoidei-I absent; four cylindrical pectoral-bony radials; bony air-bladder capsule with wide sheet-like bony fringe, no free posterior chamber in abdominal cavity; anus positioned mid-way between pelvic-fin insertion and anal-fin origin; mature males with cheeks thickened and with epidermal tubercles homogeneously distributed on snout.

Remarks: This peculiar genus having a very disjunct distribution (Conway et al. 2011) can be easily separated from all the other nemacheilids in the region in its anterior position of the anus. Relationship of the genus is unclear (Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1995; Prokofiev, 2009); however, we found sexual dimorphism of the Oxynoemacheilus - type in the specimens described below, which may indicate that these genera are phylogenetically close. Resolution of this problem will be presented in a forthcoming paper.