Eidinemacheilus

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Eidinemacheilus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Eidinemacheilus
Segherloo, Ghaedrahmati & Freyhof, 2016 [1]
Type species
Noemacheilus smithi
Greenwood, 1976

Eidinemacheilus is a genus of troglobitic fish in the family Nemacheilidae endemic to Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan. [1] [2]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2016): Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466-476.
  2. 1 2 Freyhof, J., Abdullah, Y.S., Ararat, K., Ibrahim, H. & Geiger, M.F. (2016): Eidinemacheilus proudlovei, a new subterranean loach from Iraqi Kurdistan (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4173 (3): 225-236.