Oxynoemacheilus cilicicus, Kaya, Turan, Baycelebi, Kalayci & Freyhof, 2020

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 498

Oxynoemacheilus cilicicus

Common name. Cilician loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Oxynoemacheilus in Cilicia and northern Levant by: ○ caudal deeply emarginate, middle caudal ray 1.2–1.4 times in length of longest ray of upper caudal lobe / ○ lateral line with 13–23 pores terminating anterior to dorsal origin or slightly behind dorsal base / ○ infraorbital canal with 8–10 pores / ○ suborbital groove absent in male / ○ flank and back behind dorsal base covered by scales / ○ caudal–peduncle depth 1.0–1.4 times in its length / ○ body depth at dorsal origin 1.0–1.2 times in HL / ○ body depth at dorsal origin 20–24 % SL / ○ head length 22–25 % SL / ○ flank pattern mottled or with many, very narrow, irregularly shaped and

Oxynoemacheilus cyri ; Kura drainage, Türkiye; ~ 60 mm SL.© M. Özuluğ.