Biology:Oxynoemacheilus shehabi
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Short description: Species of stone loach
| Oxynoemacheilus shehabi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
| Species: | O. shehabi
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| Oxynoemacheilus shehabi Freyhof & Geiger, 2021)
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Oxynoemacheilus shehabi is a species of stone loach from the upper Orontes in southern Syria.[1]
The fish is named in honor of Adwan Shehab (1967-2015). Adwan was killed in the streets of Dara’a as a result of the conflict in Syria.[2]
References
- ↑ Freyhof, Jörg; Geiger, Matthias F. (2021-01-18). "Oxynoemacheilus shehabi , a new nemacheilid loach from the upper Orontes in southern Syria (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)" (in en). Zootaxa 4908 (4): 571–583. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4908.4.9. ISSN 1175-5334. https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4908.4.9.
- ↑ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/cypriniformes4/.
Wikidata ☰ Q109264575 entry
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