Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis (Banarescu, 1968)

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 531

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820917

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FD8A-FDC1-28AB-FD1CFD42F9BC

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Felipe

scientific name

Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis
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Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis View in CoL

Common name. Lycaonian loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Oxynoemacheilus in Marmara and Black Sea basin as well as in Cilicia and northern Levant by: ● caudal slightly emarginate, almost truncate / ○ lateral line complete / ○ flank behind dorsal base covered by scales / ○ suborbital groove absent in male / ○ no prominent dorsal crest on caudal peduncle. Size up to 84 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak drainages, also in upper and middle Seyhan, and in Çerkeş, in

Oxynoemacheilus seyhanicola ; Seyhan drainage, Türkiye; ~ 45 mm SL.

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