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Diagnostic Description

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Differs from all other congeners by its whitish or pink body without color pattern (vs. marbled or mottled color pattern) and absence of eyes (vs. presence) (Ref. 97574).
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Biology

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A cave fish living in an underground pool at high altitude (Ref. 27297).
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Eidinemacheilus smithi

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Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagroz blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.[2][3]

It is named after British explorer Anthony Smith, who collected the type specimens.[4]

There are three other known cavefish species in Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and G. typhlops.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2018). "Eidinemacheilus smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14489A136077821. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T14489A136077821.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Segherloo, I.H., Ghaedrahmati, N. & Freyhof, J. (2021 ): Eidinemacheilus, a new generic name for Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood (Teleostei; Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa, 4147 (4): 466-476.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Paracobitis smithi" in FishBase. June 2016 version.
  4. ^ Scharpf, C.; Lazara2, K.J. "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (a-p)". The ETYFish Project.
  5. ^ Mousavi-Sabet, H.; Eagderi, S. (2016). "Garra lorestanensis, a new cave fish from the Tigris River drainage with remarks on the subterranean fishes in Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (1): 45–54.
  6. ^ Mousavi-Sabet; Vatandoust; Fatemi; Eagderi (2016). "Tashan Cave a new cave fish locality for Iran; and Garra tashanensis, A New Blind Species from the Tigris River Drainage (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)". FishTaxa. 1 (3): 133–148.
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Eidinemacheilus smithi: Brief Summary

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Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagroz blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.

It is named after British explorer Anthony Smith, who collected the type specimens.

There are three other known cavefish species in Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and G. typhlops.

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