Eidinemacheilus smithi
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]
| Eidinemacheilus smithi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Eidinemacheilus |
| Species: | E. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood, 1976) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood, 1976 | |
There are three other known cavefish species in Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and G. typhlops.[4][5]
References
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Paracobitis smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T14489A4438678. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14489A4438678.en.
- Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2016): Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466-476.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Paracobitis smithi" in FishBase. June 2016 version.
- 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.
- 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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