Oxynoemacheilus insignis (Heckel, 1843)
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820845 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FDA7-FDEF-2885-F94BFD47FA68 |
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Felipe |
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Oxynoemacheilus insignis |
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Oxynoemacheilus insignis View in CoL
Common name. Palestine loach.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Oxynoemacheilus in southern Levant by: ○ caudal emarginate / ○ lateral line complete, terminating at or almost at caudal base / ○ back and flank covered by scales / ○ no prominent dorsal crest on caudal peduncle / ○ suborbital groove present in male. Size up to 100 mm SL.
Distribution. Jordan drainage, Dead Sea, and Damascus basins. In Damascus basin, now limited to Barada and Nahr al Awaj springs west of Damascus.
Habitat. Moderately fast-flowing to stagnant waters of springs, streams, and rivers with muddy or gravelly bottoms.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. LC; likely extirpated from Barada, but still common in headwaters of Nahr al Aouaj and Jordan drainage.
Remarks. Diversity of loaches in Jordan drainage still needs to be better understood. Oxynoemacheilus insignis is widespread in all the eastern, left tributaries of the Jordan in Syria and Jordan, from the Yarmouk south to the Zarqa, Moujib, and tributaries of southern Dead Sea. Noemacheilus insignis tortonesei from the Zarqa and N. angorae jordanicus from Wadi Kufrinja, both in Jordan, are synonyms. Oxynoemacheilus doriae , O. israeliticus (both
Oxynoemacheilus isauricus ; Lake Beyşehir basin, Türkiye; ~ 50 mm SL.
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