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 | |
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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 | |
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Nemacheilus hamwii Krupp & W. Schneider, 1991 | |
Footnotes
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Nemacheilus hamwii" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- 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.
- 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.