Oxynoemacheilus veyselorum Çiçek, Eagderi and Sungur 2018

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Oxynoemacheilus veyselorum Çiçek, Eagderi and Sungur 2018 – Native ( Fig. 328 )

Oxynoemacheilus veyseli Çiçek [E.], Eagderi [S.] & Sungur [S.] 2018: 233; Type locality: BozkuŞ River, a tributary of the Aras River at Kars, Kars Province, Turkey, 40°37'03.7"N, 42°47'04.9"E. Holotype: NHVUIC 14005-H. Paratypes: NHVUIC (14).

Common name: Pr: Loch-e Aras, Sagmahi-e Aras En: Aras stone loach.

Diagnosis: Flank with a set of dark or brown blotches in mid-lateral elongated, back with 3–4 separated dark brown roundish to elongated blotches a deep and obivious suborbital groove in males, usually 3–4 lateral and 3 central opening in supratemporal canal, body and caudal peduncle are deep (17.3–19.4 and 10–11% SL, respectively) and caudal fin slightly emarginated.

Meristic characters: D: 7–8 (8), A: 5, P: 10–12, V: 7–8, LL: complete, SC: whole body, DP: moderately, PA: present, SOG: present.

Distribution: Caspian basin ( Fig. 329). Found in Aras river system.

Taxonomy: We changed veyseli to veyselorum because this species named after father and son Veysel, so according to the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) correct name is veyselorum.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. This species is widespread with no known major threat across its distribution range.

Figures

Fig. 328. Oxynoemacheilus veyselorum. Photograph from Aras River, Caspian Sea basin.