Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides

Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides, the Iznik loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[3] The species is endemic to a single small stream, less than 5 km in length in the drainage of Lake Iznik in north-western Anatolia, Turkey. The species is abundant in its restricted habitat but the population seems to be declining with abstraction of water from the stream for irrigation thought to be the main threat but as climate changed reduces the rainfall in the region the likelihood of droughts is increased.[1]

Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. phoxinoides
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides
(Erk'akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007)[2]
Synonyms

Barbatula phoxinoides Erk'Akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007

Footnotes
  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19430533A19848280. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19430533A19848280.en. Downloaded on 03 January 2018.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides (Erk'Akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007) Iznik loach". Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. 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.


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