Oxynoemacheilus frenatus (Heckel, 1843)
Banded Tigris loach
Banded Tigris loach,  Çöpçü balığı

Family:  Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Max. size:  8 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 5.8 g
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: endemic to the Tigris-Euphrates basin.
Diagnosis:   
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 09 January 2013 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:  Known from the Gulf watersheds (Firat Nehri, Dicle Nehri); Euphrates and Tigris river basins (Ref. 106151). Threatened due to habitat loss, eutrophication/pollution, construction of weirs/dams in rivers and water abstraction (Ref. 58342). Also Ref. 115648. Status of threat: Near Threatened (Ref. 58342). "nEurTurk."


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