araxensis, Orthrias angorae Bănărescu [P. M.] & Nalbant [T. T.] in Bănărescu, Nalbant & Balik 1978:259, Fig. 2; Pl. 20 (figs. 1-4) [Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut v. 75; ref. 9016] Kandili Karassu, upper Karassu drainage, Euphrates-Tigris basin, eastern Turkey. Holotype: ZMH 4827. Paratypes: ISBB 2617-18 (2, 3); ZMH 4826 (5), 5951 (4). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:413 [ref. 21161]. •Synonym of Nemacheilus angorae Steindachner 1897, but a valid subspecies as described -- (Erk'akan & Kuru 1986:160 [ref. 21167], Coad 1995:22 [ref. 23608]). •Valid as Orthrias araxensis Bănărescu & Nalbant 1978 -- (Nalbant & Bianco 1998:111 [ref. 23810], Fricke et al. 2007:51 [ref. 29533]). •Valid as Barbatula araxensis (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1978) -- (Erk'akan et al. 2007:78 [ref. 29026]). •Synonym of Oxynoemacheilus angorae (Steindachner 1897), but a valid subspecies -- (Prokofiev 2009:880 [ref. 30604]). •Valid as Oxynoemacheilus araxensis (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1978) -- (Esmaeili et al. 2010:372 [ref. 33391], Golzarianpour et al. 2011:205 [ref. 31693], Freyhof et al. 2012:307 [ref. 31752], Kottelat 2012:95 [ref. 32367], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:883 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:148 [ref. 35151], Freyhof 2016:94 [ref. 34815], Esmaeili et al. 2017:62 [ref. 35254], Freyhof & Geiger 2017:259 [ref. 35343], Çiçek et al. 2018:240 [ref. 36249], Çiçek et al. 2018:18 [ref. 36267], Turan et al. 2019:[6] [ref. 36540], Çiçek et al. 2020:245 [ref. 37644], Rakici et al. 2020:410 [ref. 37960], Saygun et al. 2021:46 [ref. 38525], Çiçek et al. 2023:342 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:64 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Oxynoemacheilus araxensis (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1978). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Asia Minor: upper Euphrates [Firat Nehri] (Persian Gulf tributary), Erzurum Province (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.