Eidinemacheilus smithi
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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]
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Eidinemacheilus smithi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Eidinemacheilus |
Species: | E. smithi |
Binomial name | |
Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood, 1976) | |
Synonyms | |
Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood, 1976 |
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It is named after British explorer Anthony Smith, who collected the type specimens.[4]
There are three other known cavefish species in Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and G. typhlops.[5][6]