Oxynoemacheilus panthera | |
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Conservation status | |
Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
Species: | O. panthera |
Binomial name | |
Oxynoemacheilus panthera (Heckel, 1843) | |
Synonyms | |
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Oxynoemacheilus panthera, the tiger loach or the Damascus loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It occurs in only two streams, the Nahr Baradá and Nahr al-A‘waj in the Damascus basin in Syria. It is thought that over 90% of the populations of this species of stone loach have been lost due to water abstraction and the drying up of its native watercourses, exacerbated by lower rainfall levels.
References
- ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus panthera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19429195A19849594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19429195A19849594.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus panther (Heckel, 1843)". Fishbase. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
- 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.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Oxynoemacheilus panthera | |
Barbatula panthera |
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