Oxynoemacheilus hamwii

Oxynoemacheilus hamwii, the Orontes sportive loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[2] This species is found in the headwaters of the Orontes River but is now restricted to three streams in the Turkish part of the drainage, two joining the lower Orontes in Turket and the third flowing into the Afrin River in Syria, and has been extirpated from Syria. It was described as being very common in the late 20th century, but it is sensitive to pollution and requires clear, flowing streams over mud or gravel. The drainage of the Orontes is heavily used by humans and lower rainfall in the region caused by climate change may exacerbate the threat to this species by increasing the amount of water taken from the streams by humans and by lowering the water table.[1]

Oxynoemacheilus hamwii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. hamwii
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus hamwii
(Krupp & W. Schneider, 1991)
Synonyms

Nemacheilus hamwii Krupp & W. Schneider, 1991

Footnotes
  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus hamwii". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19414192A19849096. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19414192A19849096.en. Downloaded on 01 January 2018.
  2. 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.


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