Seminemacheilus
Seminemacheilus is a genus of stone loaches native to western Asia with species known from Turkey and Iran.
| Seminemacheilus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Seminemacheilus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Nemachilus lendlii Hankó, 1924 | |
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Seminemacheilus ispartensis Erk'akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007
- Seminemacheilus lendlii (Hankó, 1925) (Anatolian loach)
- Seminemacheilus ahmeti (Sungur, Jalili, Eagderi & Çiçek 2018) (Ahmeti loach)[2]
References
- 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.
- Sungur, S., Jalili, P., Eagderi, S., Çiçek, E. (2018): Seminemacheilus ahmeti, a new species of Nemachelid from Sultan Marshes, Turkey. FishTaxa Vol. 3, No. 2: 466-473.
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