Oxynoemacheilus euphraticus ( Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 8

Oxynoemacheilus euphraticus ( Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964) [N]—Euphratecus loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus insignis euphraticus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964: 175 , Pl. 7 (figs. 11–12) [Euphrates (Firat Nehri) Basin, Malatya, eastern Anatolia, Turkey; holotype: ZMH 1889. Type catalog: Wilkens 1977: 158].— Iraq synonyms: Nemacheilus euphraticus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964 ; Barbatula euphratica ( Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964) ; Oxynoemacheilus freyhofi Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi & Hosseinpour 2016 .—Revisions: Kottelat (2012: 95).—Illustration: Bănărescu & Nalbant (1964: 175, Pl. 7 (figs. 11–12)) as Nemacheilus insignis euphraticus .

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Freyhof et al. (2021).—Iraq materials: ZFMK-ICH, FSJF.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Euphrates Basin.—General distribution: Middle East: Euphrates River and Tigris River drainages ( Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with moderately flowing streams. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.