Oxynoemacheilus bergianus (Derjavin, 1934)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7CDE221A-1E73-416D-A984-23E64D9451A6
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10018628
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D65887E4-FFAD-FF83-98C8-D35AFE15F88D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Oxynoemacheilus bergianus (Derjavin, 1934)
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Oxynoemacheilus bergianus (Derjavin, 1934) View in CoL

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemachilus bergianus Derjavin, 1934: 109 , fig. 8 [Kisum village, Shah-rud River, Safid Rud basin, Iran; holotype (unique): ZIN 25433].— Iraq synonyms: Nemacheilus bergianus Derjavin, 1934 View in CoL ; Orthrias bergianus (Derjavin, 1934) View in CoL ; Barbatula erdali View in CoL Erk’akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007; Oxynoemacheilus erdali View in CoL (Erk’akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007).—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Sayyadzadeh et al. (2016), Freyhof et al. (2022).

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

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Tigris river basin.—General distribution: Eurasia: Caspian Sea, Urmia, Tigris-Euphrates, and Namak Lake basins.—Habitat: This species inhabits fast-flowing streams and rivers with gravel or rocky substrates. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

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

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Order	Cypriniformes
Family	Nemacheilidae
Genus	Oxynoemacheilus