Oxynoemacheilus leontinae

Oxynoemacheilus leontinae is a species of stone loach found in the Jordan and Litani river systems[3] in Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. Its natural habitat is slow moving rivers.[1]

Oxynoemacheilus leontinae

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. leontinae
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus leontinae
(Lortet, 1883)[2]
Synonyms

Nemacheilus leontinae Lortet, 1883

References

  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus leontinae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T60796A19848734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T60796A19848734.en. Downloaded on 02 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. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus leontinae (Lortet, 1883)". Fishbase. Retrieved 2 January 2017.


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