Oxynoemacheilus cyri ( Berg, 1910 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 346

Oxynoemacheilus cyri ( Berg, 1910) [E] ― Göle loach/ Çöpçü balığı

Taxonomy. Original description: Nemacheilus tigris cyri Berg, 1910: 170 [Upper reaches of the Kura River (Göle depression), near Okam village, Ardahan Province, Türkiye; syntypes: (several) ZIN 13291 (6+), 16885 (2)]. ― Synonyms: Barbatula cyri ( Berg, 1910) ; Orthrias cyri ( Berg, 1910) ; Nemacheilus cyri Berg, 1910 . ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: None.

Status in Türkiye. Recorded from Türkiye in the original description by Berg (1910). Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004); Geldiay and Balık (2007); Fricke et al. (2007) as Orthrias cyri ; Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2018 a, 2020). ― Turkish material: ZIN.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Upper Kura River basin. ― Distribution in river basins: 24-Aras. ― General distribution: Asia Minor: Kura Nehri basin (Caspian Sea tributary), Ardahan Province ( Türkiye). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 434-Kura - South Caspian Drainages. ― Habitat: This species inhabits high mountain streams with moderately fast-flowing waters. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: LC. ― IUCN: LC (IUCN, 2023). ― Threats: There are no obvious threats for this species in the area. The area is grazed during summer months but this is not a threat to the species. ― Moderate sensitivity to human activities. ― Keystone species. ― Decline status: Unknown. ― Moderate priority for conservation action.