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Oxynoemacheilus eliasi Yoğurtçuoğlu, Kaya & Freyhof, 2022 |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) | |||
| Max. size: | 6.4 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Turkey. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished from other species of O. angorae group by a combination of characters, none unique: decreasing body depth between the dorsal- and caudal-fin bases; depth of the caudal peduncle is 79-87% of the body depth at the anterior-most dorsal fin base; caudal peduncle depth 1.3-1.5 times in its length; head long, its length 24-26% SL; prepelvic length 52-56% SL; belly with small, isolated and embedded scales, usually reaching from between the pelvic fin bases to the midline between the pectoral- and pelvic-fin origins; caudal fin emarginate with middle caudal-fin ray 71-84% of the length of the longest caudal-fin ray; flank with irregularly shaped and set blotches on the flank, forming a mottled or marbled pattern; no depigmented stripe along the anterior part of the lateral line (Ref. 131061). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||