cyri, Nemacheilus tigris Berg [L. S.] 1910:170 [Zoologicheskago Muzeya Imperatorskoi Akademii Nauk v. 15; ref. 19593] Upper reaches of the Kura River (Göle depression), near Okam village, Ardahan Province, Turkey. Syntypes: (several) ZIN 13291 (6+), 16885 (2). Also in Berg 1910:128 [ref. 14429], earliest not researched. •Synonym of Nemacheilus tigris (Heckel 1843), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Berg 1949:878 [ref. 20661] as nemachilus, Coad 1995:23 [ref. 23608]). •Valid as Orthrias cyri (Berg 1910) -- (Fricke et al. 2007:51 [ref. 29533]). •Valid as Barbatula cyri (Berg 1910) -- (authors). •Synonym of Paracobitis tigris (Heckel 1843), but a valid subspecies -- (Prokofiev 2009:888 [ref. 30604]). •Valid as Oxynoemacheilus cyri (Berg 1910) -- (Golzarianpour et al. 2011:205 [ref. 31693], Freyhof et al. 2012:307 [ref. 31752], Kottelat 2012:96 [ref. 32367], Çiçek et al. 2015:148 [ref. 35151], Esmaeili et al. 2017:63 [ref. 35254], Çiçek et al. 2018:18 [ref. 36267], Eagderi et al. 2018:458 [ref. 35940], Çiçek et al. 2018:240 [ref. 36249], Turan et al. 2019:[9] [ref. 36540], Çiçek et al. 2020:245 [ref. 37644], Kaya et al. 2020:339 [ref. 37582], Çiçek et al. 2021:173 [ref. 38560], Saygun et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38525], Çiçek et al. 2023:346 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:71 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Oxynoemacheilus cyri (Berg 1910). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Kura Nehri basin (Caspian Sea tributary), Ardahan Province (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.