Kuschakewitsch loach

Iskandaria kuschakewitschi, the Kuschakewitsch loach, is a species of stone loach found in the Central Asian nations of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.[1]

Kuschakewitsch loach
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Iskandaria
Prokofiev, 2009
Species:
I. kuschakewitschi
Binomial name
Iskandaria kuschakewitschi
(Herzenstein, 1890)
Synonyms
  • Nemacheilus kuschakewitschi Herzenstein, 1890
  • Noemacheilus kuschakewitschi (Herzenstein, 1890)
  • Nemacheilus pardalis Turdakov, 1941
  • Iskandaria pardalis Turdakov, 1941

It is currently the only recognized species in this genus although the taxon Iskandaria pardalis is recognised by some authorities as a separate species.[2]

References
  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Iskandaria kuschakewitschi" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
  2. Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.


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