Seminemacheilus Explained

Seminemacheilus is a genus of stone loaches native to western Asia with species known from Turkey and Iran.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Seminemacheilus ispartensis Erk'akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007
• Seminemacheilus lendlii (Hankó, 1925) (Anatolian loach)
• Seminemacheilus ahmeti (Sungur, Jalili, Eagderi & Çiçek 2018) (Ahmeti loach)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
2. Sungur, S., Jalili, P., Eagderi, S., Çiçek, E. (2018): Seminemacheilus ahmeti, a new species of Nemachelid from Sultan Marshes, Turkey. FishTaxa Vol. 3, No. 2: 466-473.