Oxynoemacheilus frenatus

Oxynoemacheilus frenatus, the banded Tigris loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[3] This species is widespread in the upper drainage basin of the Tigris in Turkey, Syria and Iraq where it can be locally very common. It can be found in habitats varying from streams with a moderately fast current to near standing waters in springs, streams and rivers which have beds of gravel or mud.[1]

Oxynoemacheilus frenatus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. frenatus
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus frenatus
(Heckel, 1843)[2]
Synonyms
  • Cobitis frenata Heckel, 1843
  • Barbatula frenata (Heckel, 1843)
  • Nemacheilus frenatus (Heckel, 1843)
  • Orthrias frenatus (Heckel, 1843)

Footnotes
  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus frenatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19413121A19848917. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19413121A19848917.en. Downloaded on 01 January 2018.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus frenatus (Heckel, 1843) Banded Tigris loach". Fishbase. Retrieved 1 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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