Oxynoemacheilus panthera

Oxynoemacheilus panthera, the tiger loach[2] or the Damascus loach,[1] is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[3] It occurs in only two streams, the Nahr Baradá and Nahr al-A‘waj in the Damascus basin in Syria. It is thought that over 90% of the populations of this species of stone loach have been lost due to water abstraction and the drying up of its native watercourses, exacerbated by lower rainfall due to climate change.[1]

Oxynoemacheilus panthera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. panthera
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus panthera
(Heckel, 1843)[2]
Synonyms
  • Cobitis panthera Heckel, 1843
  • Barbatula panthera (Heckel, 1843)
  • Noemacheilus panthera (Heckel, 1843)
  • Orthrias panthera (Heckel, 1843)
  • Cobitis leopardus Heckel, 1843

References
  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus panthera". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19429195A19849594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19429195A19849594.en. Downloaded on 03 January 2018.
  2. Rainer Froese; Daniel pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus panther (Heckel, 1843)". Fishbase. Retrieved 4 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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