Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis, Freyhof, Kaya & Turan, 2017

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 516

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820857

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FDBB-FDF0-2885-FF5EFD2CF9D5

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Felipe

scientific name

Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis
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Common name. Botan loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Oxynoemacheilus in Tigris drainage by: ○ distinct bars or vertically elongated blotches on flank behind dorsal origin / ○ colour pattern on anterior part of flank not interrupted by unpigmented zone along lateral line / ○ 10+9, 9+9 or 9+8 branched caudal rays / ○ flank completely covered by scales / ○ caudal slightly emarginate / ○ suborbital groove absent in male / ○ one central pore in supratemporal canal / ○ no median incision in upper lip / ○ lateral line complete, terminating behind vertical of anal base or at caudal base /

Oxynoemacheilus kiabii ; Karkheh drainage, Iran; ~ 55 mm SL.

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