Eidinemacheilus smithi
| Eidinemacheilus smithi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Eidinemacheilus [2] |
| Species: | E. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood, 1976) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood, 1976 | |
Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagroz blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.[2][3]
There are two other known cavefish species in Iran: Garra lorestanensis and G. typhlops.[4]
References
- ↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Paracobitis smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
- 1 2 Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2016): Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466-476.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Paracobitis smithi" in FishBase. June 2016 version.
- ↑ Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2016). "Garra lorestanensis, a new cave fish from the Tigris River drainage with remarks on the subterranean fishes in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (1): 45–54.
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