Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi Bănărescu and Nalbant, 1964

Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash, Ghanavi, Hamid Reza & Doadrio, Ignacio, 2020, Fig. 4 in Fig. 4 in Fig. 3 in Fig. 21. Sesarmops mora n in Paralbunea dayriti, Zoological Studies 59 (21), pp. 1-303 : 208-209

Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi Bănărescu and Nalbant, 1964 – Native ( Fig. 389)

Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi Bănărescu [P. M.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 1964: 178; Type locality: Tigris (Dicle Nehri basin), Turkey. Holotype: ZMH H1884. Paratypes: ZMH H1885 (6).

Common name: Pr: Loch-e kotolye Zagros, Sagmahi-e kotolye Zagros, En: Zagroz dwarf loach, Kosswig’s loach.

Diagnosis: Prominent row of dark brown blotches along lateral midline, usually fused into a lateral stripe, Standard length up to at least 53 mm, caudal peduncle depth 1.9–2.2 times in its length.

Meristic characters: D: 7, A: 5, P: 7–9, V: 5–7, LL: incomplete, ending before the dorsal fin origin, SC: naked, DP: small and blunt, PA: present, SOG: absent.

Distribution: Tigris basin ( Fig. 390). Found in Sirvan, Gaveh Rud, and Leyleh Rivers.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (Freyhof 2014ah).

Turcinoemacheilus saadii Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh, Özulug, Geiger and Freyhof, 2014 – Endemic ( Fig. 391)

Turcinoemacheilus saadii Esmaeili [H. R.], Sayyadzadeh [G.], Özuluğ [M.], Geiger [M. F.] & Freyhof [J.] 2014: 268; Type locality: Fars province, stream Tang-e-Tizab, a tributary to Bashar River which drains to the Karoun, 30°23'12"N, 51°46'50"E, Iran. Holotype: ZM-CBSU 7169B. Paratypes: ZB-CBSU 7265B (1), 7166b–7175B (9).

Common name: Pr: Loch-e kotolye Saadi,

Sagmahi-e kotolye Saadi, En : Saadi dwarf loach.

Diagnosis: Color pattern organized in 7–9 distinct dark saddles never forming a lateral stripe, a deeply emarginated caudal fin and the distance from anus to anal-fin origin 0.4–0.5 times in the distance from pelvic fin to anal-fin origins.

Meristic characters: D: 7, A: 4–5, P: 7–8, V: 5–6 (5), LL: incomplete, not reaching to dorsal-fin origin, SC: naked, DP: small and blunt, PA: present, SOG: absent.

Distribution: Tigris basin ( Fig. 392). Found in Gamasiab, Dinevar and Beshar Rivers.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. Populations of this species occur in big number in various independent localities across Tigris basin. Therefore, we classified it as Least Concern.