Oxynoemacheilus chomanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant, 2014

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 : 7-8

Oxynoemacheilus chomanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant, 2014 [N]—Choman loach

Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus chomanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant, 2014: 46 , fig. 5 [Baneh River, Baneh, Kurdistan, Iran, 36°01‘03“N, 45°55‘20“E; holotype: FCFUK 176].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustrations: Kamangar et al. (2014: 46, fig. 5).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Freyhof et al. (2022).—Iraq material: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris River drainages.—General distribution: Tigris River basin ( Türkiye, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with moderately to rapidly flowing freshwater in both mountainous and desert landscapes. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

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