Description

Distinguished from other congeners by having the following characters: two lateral pores in each side of the supratemporal canal and no central pore; no suborbital flap or suborbital groove in males; slightly emarginate caudal fin; incomplete lateral line; very long head; and distinct, large and vertically elongated blotches on flank, most prominent behind dorsal-fin base (Ref. 88811).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Nemacheilidae

Genus: Oxynoemacheilus

Species: Oxynoemacheilus kiabii Golzarianpour, Abdoli & Freyhof, 2011

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal