Oxynoemacheilus atili explained

Oxynoemacheilus atili, the Lake Beyşehir loach, is a species of stone loach from the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It is endemic to Turkey being found only in the drainage basin of Lake Beyşehir in Central Anatolia, where it occurs in all the streams and in the Manavgat drainage in Mediterranean basin.

The fish is named in honor of Mr. Ahmet Tuncay Atil.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p) . 2 December 2021 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804113806/http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes4/. 4 August 2020.

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