Seminemacheilus ahmeti, Sungur, Jalili, Eagderi & Cicek, 2018

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 570-571

Seminemacheilus ahmeti

Common name. Sultan pond loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Seminemacheilus by: ● many small black or brown dots or blotches on belly / ● posterior naris reaching to anterior eye margin when folded backwards / ○ body scaleless / ○ caudal truncate / ○ no central pore in supratemporal head canal / ○ 2–5 supraorbital head pores / ○ caudal–peduncle depth 1.0–1.1 times in its length / ○ head length 25–28 % SL / ○ eye diameter 13–14 % HL / ○ snout length 38–40 % HL / ○ prepelvic

length 57–59 % SL / ○ flank pattern mottled, vermiculated, or with large isolated blotches. Size up to 57 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Sultan marshes.

Habitat. Springs and streams with standing or slow-flowing water and dense submerged vegetation.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. CR; see comments under Pseudophoxinus elizavetae .

Further reading. Sungur et al. 2018b (description); Yoğurtçuoğlu et al. 2020b (revision).

Seminemacheilus attalicus ; spring KırkgÖz, Türkiye; male, 64 mm SL.