Oxynoemacheilus galilaeus
| Oxynoemacheilus galilaeus | |
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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. galilaeus
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoemacheilus galilaeus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cobitis galilaea Günther, 1864 | |
Oxynoemacheilus galilaeus[3] also known as the Galilean Stone Loach is a species of stone loach in the family Nemacheilidae native to Israel and Syria.
Description
Oxynoemacheilus galilaeus has the elongated, subcylindrical body shape typical of stone loaches with its
caudal fin is slightly emarginated, but can look truncated. The body is scaleless and the lateral line extends to the anal fin. The lip is thick and has an irregular outline and there are three pairs of barbels around the mouth, one maxillio-mandibular pair and two rostral pairs. The body colour is generally a light yellowish brown with an irregular pattern of grey brown mottles and a varying number of diffuse bars or blotches which can fuse towards the caudal fin to for vertical stripes.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Oxynoemacheilus galilaeus is known with certainty from two lakes in the
willows.[4]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Fishbase. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b F. Krupp; W. Schneider (1989). "Fishes of the Jordan River drainage Basin and Azraq Oasis". Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 10: 347–416.