Oxynoemacheilus kiabii

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 516-517

Oxynoemacheilus kiabii

Common name. Longhead Zagros loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Oxynoemacheilus in Tigris drainage by: ○ two, rarely one or three lateral pores in supratemporal canal and no central pore / ○ suborbital groove absent in male / ○ flank covered by embedded scales, no scales on back in front of dorsal / ○ caudal slightly emarginate / ○ lateral line incomplete, terminating under dorsal base or above anal base / ○ head length 26–30 % SL / ○ flank with vertically elongated,

○ posterior process of bony air-bladder capsule directed laterally / ○ maxillary barbel reaching beyond middle of eye, usually to posterior eye margin / ○ interorbital distance 1.6–1.9 times in snout length / ○ caudal–peduncle depth 1.2–1.3 times in caudal–peduncle length. Size up to 78 mm SL.

Distribution. Botan, as well as Hezil and Nerduş, entering Tigris in border area of Türkiye, Iraq, and Syria.

Habitat. Moderately fast-flowing and stagnant waters of gravel-bedded streams.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. LC.

Further reading. Freyhof et al. 2017a (description).

irregularly shaped blotches or narrow bars. Size up to 57 mm SL.

Distribution. Iran: Gamasiab and Dinevar in Karkheh drainage.

Habitat. Moderate to fast-flowing streams with gravel substrate.

Biology. No data

Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range.

Further reading. Golzarianpour et al. 2011 (description).

Oxynoemacheilus kottelati ; Havran drainage, Türkiye; ~ 65 mm SL.