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Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Eponymy: Paolo Tongiorgi (1936–2018) was an Italian marine biologist, taxonomist and zoologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on authors: Nalbant & Bianco.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical
Asia: Kul river basin, Iran.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.3 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 59087)
Short description
Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. Body short and deep. A row of small scales along the middle of the side of the body. Processus dentiformis absent, lips furrowed especially the lower (posterior) one. The 2 valves of gas bladder capsule are well united.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Freyhof, J., F. Erk'akan, C. Özeren and A. Perdices, 2011. An overview of the western Palaearctic loach genus Oxynoemacheilus (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 22(4):301-312. (Ref. 92318)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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