Oxynoemacheilus parvinae
Oxynoemacheilus parvinae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
Species: | O. parvinae
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Binomial name | |
Oxynoemacheilus parvinae , & , 2016[1]
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Oxynoemacheilus parvinae is a species of stone loach which is endemic to the drainage of the Sirvan River, a tributary of the Tigris in Kermanshah Province of Iran where it prefers reasonable fast flowing, relatively clear water of a gravel substrate. it has not been evaluated for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species but it may be threatened by drought, water abstraction and pollution. The specific name honours Parvin Etesami, a famous Iranian poet of the 20th-century.[2]
References[]
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus parvinae Sayyadzadeh, Eagderi & Esmaeili, 2016". Fishbase. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
- ^ Sayyadzadeh, G.; Eagderi, S.; Esmaeili, H.R. (2016). "A new loach of the genus Oxynoemacheilus from the Tigris River drainage and its phylogenetic relationships among the nemacheilid fishes (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) in the Middle East based on mtDNA COI sequences". Iranian Journal of Ichthyology. 3 (4): 236–250.
Categories:
- Nemacheilidae
- Taxa named by Golnaz Sayyadzadeh
- Taxa named by Soheil Eagderi
- Taxa named by Hamid Reza Esmaeili
- Fish described in 2016
- Endemic fauna of Iran