Eidinemacheilus proudlovei Freyhof, Abdullah, Ararat, Ibrahim & Geiger, 2016

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

Eidinemacheilus proudlovei Freyhof, Abdullah, Ararat, Ibrahim & Geiger, 2016

Taxonomy. Original description: Eidinemacheilus proudlovei Freyhof, Abdullah, Ararat, Ibrahim & Geiger, 2016: 228 , figs. 2–6, 7A [Subterranean waters, Little Zab River, Sulaimani province, ephemeral spring in the Tabeen Gorge at the slope of the northernmost Piramagrun mountain, about 800 m east of the village Kanishok, 35°50’3.40”N, 45°6’22.14”E, Iraq; holotype: ZFMK-ICH 102318].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2016: 228, figs. 2–6, 7A).

Status in Iraq. Recorded from Iraq in original description by Freyhof et al. (2016).—Iraq materials: ZFMK-ICH, FSJF.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Little Zab River.—General distribution: Iraq.—Habitat: This species lives in subterranean caves; it was washed out of an aquifer into an ephemeral spring close to the Kanishok village. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

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