Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis (Banarescu, 1968)

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

Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis

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 upper Filyos drainage. Recorded from Sultan marshes, where it entered through Zamantı tunnel.

Habitat. Moderately fast-flowing water in streams with gravel or mud substrate.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. LC.

Remarks. Oxynoemacheilus kosswigi is a synonym.

Further reading. Bănărescu 1968 (description); Erk’akan & Kuru 1986 (description as O. kosswigi ); Sungur 2020 (synonyms).

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Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis

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