Oxynoemacheilus samanticus ( Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1978 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 352-353

Oxynoemacheilus samanticus ( Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1978) [E] ― Samantı sportive loach/Çöpçü balığı Taxonomy. Original description: Orthrias brandti samantica Bănărescu & Nalbant in Bănărescu, Nalbant

& Balik 1978: 263, fig. 4 [Tributary to Samanti, between Pınarbaşı and Sariz, Seyhan basin, southern Türkiye; holotype: ZMH 3633]. ― Synonyms: Orthrias samantica Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1978 ; Orthrias brandti samanticus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1978 ; Schistura samantica ( Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1978) . ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: Bănărescu and Nalbant (1978: 263, fig. 4).

Status in Türkiye. Recorded from Türkiye in the original description by Bănărescu and Nalbant (1978). Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004) as Orthrias brandti samantica ; Geldiay and Balık (2007); Fricke et al. (2007); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2018 a, 2020). ― Turkish material: ZMH.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Zamanti River, Upper Seyhan River basin and Kızılırmak basin. ― Distribution in river basins: 15-Kızılırmak, 18-Seyhan. ― General distribution: Asia Minor: Seyhan River basin, Mediterranean Sea tributaries ( Türkiye). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 430-Northern Anatolia, 432-Southern Anatolia. ― Habitat: This species lives in fast-flowing streams and rivers with gravel substrates. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: LC. ― IUCN: LC (IUCN, 2023). ― Threats: ABS, CON, HAB. ― Moderate sensitivity to human activities. ― Keystone species. ― Decline status: Decreasing. ― Moderate priority for conservation action.