Turcinoemacheilus minimus, Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh, Ozulug, Geiger & Freyhof, 2014

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 582

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17821087

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FDF9-FDB2-2885-FD9BFDE9FA2E

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Felipe

scientific name

Turcinoemacheilus minimus
status

 

Turcinoemacheilus minimus View in CoL

Common name. Euphrates dwarf loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Turcinoemacheilus in West Asia by: ● caudal–peduncle length 6–7 % SL / ● body depth 1.6–1.9 times in head length / ● 4–5 mandibular pores in mandibular canal / ○ a row of large irregular, brown, longitudinally elongated blotches along lateral midline, often fused into an irregular-shaped lateral stripe / ○ large, brown saddles on back connected to lateral blotches / ○ caudal slightly emarginate / ○ anus situated at middle or in front of middle between pelvic and anal

Turcinoemacheilus moghbeli ; Leyleh, Iran; 54 mm SL.

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