Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis

Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Oxynoemacheilus
Species:	O. seyhanensis
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis (Bănărescu, 1968) [2]
Synonyms
Noemacheilus tigris seyhanensis(Bănărescu, 1968) Barbatula seyhanensis(Bănărescu, 1968)

Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis, the Samanti loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. ^[3] It is found only in Turkey. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T61184A19921910. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T61184A19921910.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis (Bănărescu, 1968) Samanti loach". Fishbase . Retrieved 3 January 2018.
3. 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.