Oxynoemacheilus theophilii

Oxynoemacheilus theophilii is a species of stone loach native to Turkey and the island of Lesbos in Greece. This species occurs in streams and reaches a length of 6.6 centimetres (2.6 in) SL.[3][4] It is found in the Büyük Menderes River and other streams in western Anatolia, Turkey, and the Evergetoulas Stream on the island of Lesbos, Greece.[1] It can be found in the upper reaches of streams with clear, cold, flowing water where it hides among the stones of the stream bed. The stomach contents of a single female were found to consist of aquatic insect larvae.[3] Water abstraction and the increased droughts caused by climate change are the main threats.[1]

Oxynoemacheilus theophilii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. theophilii
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus theophilii
Stoumboudi, Kottelat & Barbieri, 2006
Synonyms

Barbatula bergamensis Erk'akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007[2]

References
  1. Freyhof, J.; Kottelat, M. (2008). "Oxynoemacheilus theophilii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T135647A4170011. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135647A4170011.en. Downloaded on 04 January 2018.
  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. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Oxynoemacheilus theophilii" in FishBase. December 2012 version.
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Barbatula bergamensis" in FishBase. December 2012 version.


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