Oxynoemacheilus samanticus, the Kizilirmak sportive loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus.[3] It is found in streams and rivers with a fast current over gravel substrate and is endemic to eastern Anatolia, Turkey where it is found in the Kizilirmak system which drains into the Black Sea, as well as the headwaters of the Euphrates.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
| Species: | O. samanticus
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| Oxynoemacheilus samanticus | |
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References edit
- ^ a b Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus samanticus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19430738A19849836. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19430738A19849836.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Rainer Froese; Daniel Pauly, eds. (2017). "Oxynoemacheilus samanticus (Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1978) Kizilirmak sportive loach". Fishbase. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.
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