Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 5. Body short and deep. A row of small scales along the middle of the side of the body. Processus dentiformis absent, lips furrowed especially the lower (posterior) one. The 2 valves of gas bladder capsule are well united.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cypriniformes

Family: Nemacheilidae

Genus: Oxynoemacheilus

Species: Oxynoemacheilus tongiorgii (Nalbant & Bianco, 1998)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal