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Oxynoemacheilus hazarensis

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Oxynoemacheilus hazarensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. hazarensis
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus hazarensis

Oxynoemacheilus hazarensis is a species of stone loach which is endemic to Lake Hazar in Turkey and which was described in 2017.[1] Lake Hazar is one of the sources of the Tigris, if O. hazarensis is confirmed to be endemic to Lake Hazar it will be third fish species endemic to that lake, the others being the cyprinodontid Aphanius asquamatus and the cyprinid Alburnus heckeli.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Jörg Freyhof; Müfit Özuluǧ (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus hazarensis, a new species from Lake Hazar in eastern Turkey, with remarks on O. euphraticus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Zootaxa. 4247 (4): 378–390–378–390. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4247.4.2. PMID 28610046. Abstract.
  2. ^ "[Ichthyology • 2017] Oxynoemacheilus hazarensis • A New Species from Lake Hazar in Turkey, with Remarks on O. euphraticus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Species New to Science new & recent described Flora & Fauna species from all over the World esp. Asia, Oriental, Indomalayan & Malesiana region. pskhun. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.