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Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi  B?n?rescu & Nalbant, 1964

Kosswig’s loach
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae ()
More on author: Nalbant.

Environment / Climate / Range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Subtropical, preferred ?

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Asia: endemic to the Tigris-Euphrates basin.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 95092)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal soft rays: 7 - 8; Vertebrae: 37 - 39. Body totally scaleless and with a dark longitudinal band along middle of flanks (Ref. 94765).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Nalbant, T.T. and P.G. Bianco, 1998. The loaches of Iran and adjacent regions with description of six new species (Cobitoidea). Ital. J. Zool. 65:109-125. (Ref. 31729)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 115185)

CITES (Ref. 94142)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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