35. Oxynoemacheilus euphraticus (Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964)

Common name. Euphrates loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus insignis euphraticus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964: 175, pl. 7 (figs. 11-12) [Euphrates (Firat Nehri) Basin, Malatya, eastern Anatolia, Türkiye; holotype: ZMH 1889. Type catalog: Wilkens 1977: 158] .

Revisions. Kottelat (2012: 95); Freyhof et al. (2012).

Illustrations. Bănărescu & Nalbant (1964: 175, pl. 7 (figs. 11-12)) as Nemacheilus insignis euphraticus .

Distribution in Iran. —Distribution in River Basin: Tigris.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.

Status in Iran. [Native].—Loch mahi-e forat.—Listed in previous checklists from Iraq by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) and Eagderi et al. (2022).— Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. —IUCN: NE.