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Oxynoemacheilus atili

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Species of fish

Oxynoemacheilus atili
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species: O. atili
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus atili
Erk'akan, 2012

Oxynoemacheilus atili, the Lake Beyşehir loach, is a species of stone loach from the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It is endemic to Turkey being found only in the drainage basin of Lake Beyşehir in Central Anatolia, where it occurs in all the streams and in the Manavgat drainage in Mediterranean basin.

The fish is named in honor of Mr. Ahmet Tuncay Atil.


References

  1. ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus atili". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19431706A19849826. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19431706A19849826.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Oxynoemacheilus atili
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