kurdistanicus, Oxynoemacheilus Kamangar [B. B.], Prokofiev [A. M.], Ghaderi [E.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 2014:38, Fig. 3 [Zootaxa 3755 (no. 1); ref. 33140] Choman River (Tajaban, sta. 6) Baneh, Kurdistan, Iran, 35°56'53"N, 45°41'40"E. Holotype: FCFUK 146. Paratypes: FCFUK 146-170 (35), ZMUU 23084 (4). Plus non-type specimens. •Possibly a synonym of Oxynoemacheilus euphraticus (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1964) -- (Freyhof & Özuluğ 2017:388 [ref. 35216]). •Valid as Oxynoemacheilus kurdistanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant 2014 -- (Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:884 [ref. 34062], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2016:105 [ref. 34789], Freyhof 2016:100 [ref. 34815], Freyhof & Abdullah 2017:86 [ref. 35169], Esmaeili et al. 2017:65 [ref. 35254], Freyhof et al. 2017:552 [ref. 35290], Freyhof & Geiger 2017:259 [ref. 35343], Esmaeili et al. 2018:45 [ref. 36089], Çiçek et al. 2020:245 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:172 [ref. 37983], Çiçek et al. 2023:9 [ref. 40616], Çiçek et al. 2023:350 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:81 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Oxynoemacheilus kurdistanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant 2014. Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Tigris River drainage (Turkey, Iraq and Iran). Habitat: freshwater.