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| Oxynoemacheilus shehabi Freyhof & Geiger, 2021 |
Abstract
Oxynoemacheilus shehabi, new species, is described from the upper Orontes in southern Syria. It is distinguished from other Oxynoemacheilus species in the Levant by possession of a complete lateral line, a deeply emarginate caudal fin, a narrow caudal peduncle, a suborbital groove in male individuals, a well-developed pelvic axillary lobe, and 5–7 dark-brown bars on the flank. Molecular data suggest that the new species is characterised by a minimum K2P distance of 3.8% to O. “seyhanicola” in the COI mtDNA barcode region.
Keywords: Pisces, Freshwater fish, taxonomy, Middle East, biodiversity
Jörg Freyhof and Matthias F. Geiger. 2021. Oxynoemacheilus shehabi, A New Nemacheilid Loach from the upper Orontes in southern Syria (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa. 4908(4); 571–583. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.9
