| Family: |
Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches) |
| Max. size: |
8.9 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 5.9 g |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater; brackish; pH range: 7 - 7.5; dH range: 15; depth range - 0 m |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey. Also found in Iran (Ref. 39702). |
| Diagnosis: |
This species is distinguished from O. anatolicus and all other species of the O. angorae group by the following: with a series of dark-brown midlateral blotches usually fused into a wide, irregular shaped midlateral stripe, rarely a mottled pattern (vs. a mottled or marbled pattern or a series of midlateral blotches or short bars not forming a stripe), and with a depigmented stripe along the anterior part of the lateral line (vs. absent or very poorly expressed); differs further from O. anatolicus by having pre-dorsal back with a mottled or marbled pattern, rarely with distinct saddles (vs. pre-dorsal back usually with 3-4 large saddles, wider than interspace), and caudal peduncle depth 1.5-1.8 times in its length (vs. 1.3-1.6) (Ref. 131061). |
| Biology: |
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| IUCN Red List Status: |
Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 January 2013 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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