samantica, Orthrias brandti Bănărescu [P. M.] & Nalbant [T. T.] in Bănărescu, Nalbant & Balik 1978:263, Fig. 4 [Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut v. 75; ref. 9016] Tributary to Samanti, between Pinarbsi and Sarizi, Seyhan basin, southern Turkey. Holotype: ZMH 3633. Paratypes: ISBB 2978 (1), ZMH 5638 [not 5637] (8). Type catalog: Wilkens & Dohse 1993:413 [ref. 21161]. •Valid as Schistura samantica (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1978) -- (Erk'akan et al. 2007:81 [ref. 29026]). •Synonym of Oxynoemacheilus brandtii (Kessler 1877), but a valid subspecies samanticus -- (Prokofiev 2009:880 [ref. 30604]). •Synonym of Oxynoemacheilus bergianus (Derjavin 1934) -- (Freyhof et al. 2022:168 [ref. 39240]). •Valid as Oxynoemacheilus samanticus (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1978) -- (Golzarianpour et al. 2011:205 [ref. 31693], Freyhof et al. 2012:307 [ref. 31752], Kottelat 2012:99 [ref. 32367], Çiçek et al. 2015:149 [ref. 35151], Freyhof & Geiger 2017:259 [ref. 35343], Sungur et al. 2017:379 [ref. 35750], Çiçek et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36267], Turan et al. 2019:[9] [ref. 36540], Bayçelebi 2020:758 [ref. 37964], Çiçek et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37644], Kaya et al. 2020:289 [ref. 37622], Yogurtçuoglu et al. 2020:[14] [ref. 37627], Saygun et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38525], Çiçek et al. 2023:352 [ref. 40625], Turan et al. 2023:441 [ref. 40533], Çiçek et al. 2024:88 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Oxynoemacheilus samanticus (Bănărescu & Nalbant 1978). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Seyhan River basin, Mediterranean Sea tributaries (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.