Oxynoemacheilus insignis (Heckel, 1843)

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 12

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:23B4C9BF-A1A4-4D27-8C30-E4A23DAD01AB

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10563143

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B4C3C-2E00-FF8B-FF42-FC84E796F957

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scientific name

Oxynoemacheilus insignis (Heckel, 1843)
status

 

Oxynoemacheilus insignis (Heckel, 1843) View in CoL View at ENA [N] — Syrian loach; Lahhas alsakhr

Taxonomy. Original description: Cobitis insignis Heckel, 1843a: 1087 (97) [Damascus, Syria; syntypes: NMW (4, not found), SMF 166 (2, poor condition)].—Syrian synonyms: Nemacheilus insignis (Heckel, 1843) View in CoL ; Noemacheilus angorae jordanicus Bănărescu & Nalbant 1966 View in CoL ; Noemacheilus angorae tortonesei Bănărescu & Nalbant 1966 View in CoL ; Orthrias dori Goren & Bănărescu, 1982 View in CoL ; Nemacheilus dori Goren & Bănărescu, 1982 View in CoL ; Orthrias israeliticus Goren & Nalbant 1982 View in CoL ; Oxynoemacheilus pantheroides (Goren & Nalbant 1982) View in CoL ; Orthrias pantheroides Goren & Nalbant 1982 View in CoL .—Revisions: Prokofiev (2009:880) with subspecies.— Illustration: Heckel (1843b: pl. 12, fig. 3).

Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Heckel (1843a: 1088) as Cobitis insignis ; subsequently reported by Beckman (1962: 76) as Nemachilus insignis .—Syrian material: BMNH, MNHN, NMW, SMF, FSJF.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Lake Al-ʿUtaybah drainage.—Distribution in River Basin: 3- Desert, 4-Orontes, 5-Barada & Awaj, 7-Al-Yarmouk.—General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Turkey, Syria, Israel and Jordan.—Distribution in Ecoregion: 437-Orontes, 438- Jordan River, 440-Arabian Interior.—Habitat: This species lives in moderately fast-flowing streams and rivers with a mud or gravel substrate and low pollution levels. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: NT ( IUCN 2023).—Threats: ABS, CON, HAB, CLI, EUT.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.— Moderate priority for conservation action.

Remarks. Oxynoemacheilus insignis had been first recorded in 1962 by Beckman, after Lake Al-Otaiba had dried up; however, the species was not found in recent surveys of Syrian inland waters. This species is probably extinct in Syria. For this reason, this situation should be revealed by detailed field studies.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Nemacheilidae

Genus

Oxynoemacheilus

Loc

Oxynoemacheilus insignis (Heckel, 1843)

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil 2023
2023
Loc

Orthrias dori Goren & Bănărescu, 1982

Goren & Banarescu 1982
1982
Loc

Nemacheilus dori Goren & Bănărescu, 1982

Goren & Banarescu 1982
1982
Loc

Orthrias israeliticus

Goren & Nalbant 1982
1982
Loc

Orthrias pantheroides

Goren & Nalbant 1982
1982
Loc

Noemacheilus angorae jordanicus Bănărescu & Nalbant 1966

Banarescu & Nalbant 1966
1966
Loc

Noemacheilus angorae tortonesei Bănărescu & Nalbant 1966

Banarescu & Nalbant 1966
1966
Loc

Cobitis insignis Heckel, 1843a: 1087

Heckel, 1843 a: 1087: 1087
1087
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