Turcinoemacheilus

Turcinoemacheilus is a genus of loaches in family Nemacheilidae native to Asia.

Turcinoemacheilus
Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Turcinoemacheilus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964
Type species
Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus:

• Turcinoemacheilus bahaii Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh, Özuluğ, Geiger & Freyhof, 2014^[1]
• Turcinoemacheilus hafezi Golzarianpour, Abdoli, Patimar & Freyhof, 2013^[2]
• Turcinoemacheilus himalaya Conway, Edds, Shrestha & Mayden, 2011^[3]
• Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1964
• Turcinoemacheilus minimus Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh, Özuluğ, Geiger & Freyhof, 2014^[1]
• Turcinoemacheilus saadii Esmaeili, Sayyadzadeh, Özuluğ, Geiger & Freyhof, 2014^[1]

References

1. Esmaeili, H.R., Sayyadzadeh, G., Özulug, M., Geiger, M. & Freyhof, J. (2014): Three new species of Turcinoemacheilus from Iran and Turkey (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (3) [2013]: 257-273.
2. Golzarianpour, K., Abdoli, A., Patimar, R. & Freyhof, J. (2013): Turcinoemacheilus hafezi, a new loach from the Zagroz Mountains, Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (1): 41-48.
3. Conway, K.W., Edds, D.R., Shrestha, J. & Mayden, R.L. (2011): A new species of gravel-dwelling loach (Ostariophysi: Nemacheilidae) from the Nepalese Himalayan foothills. Journal of Fish Biology (2011): doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03108.x