Oxynoemacheilus seyhanicola
Oxynoemacheilus seyhanicola is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[3] It is endemic to an estimated 60 km of the lower Seyhan river near Adana in Turkey where it can be found in moderately fast currents with a gravel substrate. It is threatened by dams, water extraction and climate change.[1]
| Oxynoemacheilus seyhanicola | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
| Species: | O. seyhanicola[2] |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoemacheilus seyhanicola[2] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Schistura seyhanicola Erk’akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007 | |
Footnotes
- Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus seyhanicola". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19430762A19849445. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19430762A19849445.en. Downloaded on 03 January 2018.
- Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus seyhanicola (Erk'Akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007)". Fishbase. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- 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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