Description

This species is distinguished from other species of the O. angorae group by the following characters, none of which are unique: differs from O. anatolicus and O. angorae by having the pre-dorsal back with blotches or a dark-brown, fine, mottled pattern, without saddles (vs. pre-dorsal back usually with 3-4 saddles), with a few isolated scales on the flank in front of the dorsal-fin origin (vs. flank completely covered by scales), caudal peduncle depth 1.5-1.9 times in its length (vs. 1.3-1.6 in O. anatolicus); this species with the flank usually with large, isolated, irregularly set and shaped blotches forming a marbled pattern (vs. flank with small and confluent, regularly set and shaped blotches and spots forming a marbled or mottled pattern in O. anatolicus while flank with a midlateral series of blotches usually fused to a stripe in O. angorae), and no depigmented stripe along the anterior part of the lateral line (vs. usually present in O. angorae) (Ref. 131061).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Nemacheilidae

Genus: Oxynoemacheilus

Species: Oxynoemacheilus eregliensis (Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1978)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal