Seminemacheilus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Cypriniformes
Superfamilia: Cobitoidea

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Seminemacheilus
Species (3): S. ahmeti – S. ispartensis – S. lendlii
Name

Seminemacheilus Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1995: 449

Type species: Nemacheilus lendlii Hankó, 1925, by original designation and monotypy.
References
Primary references

Bănărescu, P.M. & Nalbant, T.T. 1995. A generical classification of Nemacheilinae with description of two new genera (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitidae). Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 35: 429–495.

Seminemacheilus is a genus of stone loaches native to western Asia with species known from Turkey and Iran.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

Seminemacheilus ispartensis Erk'akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007
Seminemacheilus lendlii (Hankó, 1925) (Anatolian loach)
Seminemacheilus ahmeti (Sungur, Jalili, Eagderi & Çiçek 2018) (Ahmeti loach)[2]

References

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.
Sungur, S., Jalili, P., Eagderi, S., Çiçek, E. (2018): Seminemacheilus ahmeti, a new species of Nemachelid from Sultan Marshes, Turkey. FishTaxa Vol. 3, No. 2: 466-473.