| Oxynoemacheilus namiri | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
| Species: | O. namiri |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoemacheilus namiri (Krupp & W. Schneider, 1991) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Schistura namiri (Krupp & W. Schneider, 1991) | |
Oxynoemacheilus namiri, the Levantine loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. This species is common and widespread in the drainage system of the Orontes in Turkey and Syria, as well as in coastal streams in Syria south of the border with Lebanon, where it can be found in springs, reservoirs, streams and rivers.
Footnotes
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura namiri". FishBase.
- ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus namiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19429091A19849276. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19429091A19849276.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Oxynoemacheilus namiri | |
| Nemacheilus namiri | |
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