Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides
Appearance
Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
Species: | O. phoxinoides
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Binomial name | |
Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides | |
Synonyms | |
Barbatula phoxinoides Erk'Akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007 |
Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides, the Iznik loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[3] The species is endemic to a single small stream, less than 5 km in length in the drainage of Lake Iznik in north-western Anatolia, Turkey. The species is abundant in its restricted habitat but the population seems to be declining with abstraction of water from the stream for irrigation thought to be the main threat but as climate changed reduces the rainfall in the region the likelihood of droughts is increased.[1]
Footnotes
- ^ a b Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19430533A19848280. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19430533A19848280.en. Downloaded on 03 January 2018.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides (Erk'Akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007) Iznik loach". Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.