Eidinemacheilus smithi

Eidinemacheilus smithi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Cypriniformes
Family:Nemacheilidae
Genus:Eidinemacheilus
Species: E. smithi
Binomial name
Eidinemacheilus smithi
(Greenwood, 1976)
Synonyms

Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood, 1976
Paracobitis smithi (Greenwood, 1976)

Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagroz blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.[2][3]

There are three other known cavefish species in Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and G. typhlops.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Paracobitis smithi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T14489A4438678. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14489A4438678.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2016): Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466-476.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Paracobitis smithi" in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  4. ↑ Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2016). "Garra lorestanensis, a new cave fish from the Tigris River drainage with remarks on the subterranean fishes in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (1): 45–54.
  5. ↑ Mousavi-Sabet; Vatandoust; Fatemi; Eagderi (2016). "Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, A New Blind Species from the Tigris River Drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (3): 133–148.


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