Eidinemacheilus_smithi

<i>Eidinemacheilus smithi</i>

Eidinemacheilus smithi

Species of fish

Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagroz blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.[2][3]

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It is named after British explorer Anthony Smith, who collected the type specimens.[4]

There are three other known cavefish species in Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and G. typhlops.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2018). "Eidinemacheilus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14489A136077821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14489A136077821.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2021 ): Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466-476.
  3. [3]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Paracobitis smithi" in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  4. [4]
    Scharpf, C.; Lazara2, K.J. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project. Archived from the original on 2022-11-07. Retrieved 2021-11-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. [5]
    Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2016). "Garra lorestanensis, a new cave fish from the Tigris River drainage with remarks on the subterranean fishes in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (1): 45–54.
  6. [6]
    Mousavi-Sabet; Vatandoust; Fatemi; Eagderi (2016). "Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, A New Blind Species from the Tigris River Drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (3): 133–148.


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