Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis Freyhof, Kaya & Turan, 2017

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 : 12-13

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10563145
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scientific name	Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis Freyhof, Kaya & Turan, 2017
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Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis Freyhof, Kaya & Turan, 2017 [N] — Loach; Lahhas alsakhr

Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus kentritensis Freyhof, Kaya & Turan, 2017: 552 , Figs. 1-4 [Stream Kesan about 1 km south of Güntepe, Bitlis province, Turkey, 38°21’24’’N, 42°37’39’’E; holotype: FFR 01566 . Paratypes: FFR, FSJF].— Syrian synonyms: None. — Illustration: Freyhof et al. (2017: figs. 1-4).

Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Freyhof et al. (2017).— Syrian materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Tigris River basin.— Distribution in River Basin GoogleMaps : 1- Dajleh & Khabour, 2- Euphrates & Aleppo.— General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: upper Tigris River GoogleMaps basin (Turkey, Iraq, and Syria).— Distribution in Ecoregion GoogleMaps : 441- Lower Tigris GoogleMaps & Euphrates, 442- Upper Tigris & Euphrates.—Habitat: Moderately fast flowing to almost standing waters of clean springs, streams and rivers with mud or gravel substrate. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: Unknown.—Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.