Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma

Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma, the two-spot loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[2] This species is found in the drainage of the Queiq River in Syria and Turkey, and the upper Euphrates drainage in Turkey and possibly in this drainage in Syria and Iraq. It has almost been extirpated from the Queiq as this river has virtually dried out but it remains abundant in the Euphrates. This species can be found in a wide range of habitats as long as there is a moderately fast current from small upland streams to banks of large rivers. It can also occur in stagnant water bodies such as reservoirs. It is threatened by water abstraction, lowering rainfall due to climate change and the construction of dams. The economic development of the area where this species occurs exacerbates these threats.[1] Freyhof and Özuluǧ published a paper in 2017 that argued that Oxynoemacheilus euphraticus was a valid species and not a synonym of O. argyrogramma.[3]

Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. argyrogramma
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma
(Heckel, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Cobitis argyrogramma Heckel, 1847
  • Barbatula euphratica (Banarescu & Nalbant, 1964)
  • Orthrias euphraticus (Banarescu & Nalbant, 1964)
  • Barbatula tschaiyssuensis (Banarescu & Nalbant, 1964)
  • Nemacheilus tschaiyssuensis Banarescu & Nalbant, 1964
  • Orthrias tschaiyssuensis (Banarescu & Nalbant, 1964)
  • Oxynoemacheilus tschaiyssuensis (Banarescu & Nalbant, 1964)

Footnotes
  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19384847A19848606. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19384847A19848606.en. Downloaded on 31 December 2017.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
  3. Jörg Freyhof; Müfit Özuluǧ (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus hazarensis, a new species from Lake Hazar in Turkey, with remarks on O. euphraticus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". 4247 (4). Cite journal requires |journal= (help) Abstract.


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