simavica, Orthrias brandti Balik [S.] & Bănărescu [P. M.] in Bănărescu, Nalbant & Balik 1978:261, Fig. 3 [Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut v. 75; ref. 9016] Simav stream, Balikesir. Turkey. Holotype: ISBB 2976. Paratypes: ISBB 2977 (2). See Stoumboudi et al. 2006:143 [ref. 28767] for information on the type locality. •Valid as Barbatula simavica (Balik & Bănărescu 1978) -- (Erk'akan et al. 2007:70 [ref. 29026]). •Synonym of Oxynoemacheilus brandtii (Kessler 1877), but a valid subspecies simavicus -- (Prokofiev 2009:880 [ref. 30604]). •Valid as Oxynoemacheilus simavicus (Balik & Bănărescu 1978) -- (Stoumboudi et al. 2006:143 [ref. 28767], Golzarianpour et al. 2011:205 [ref. 31693], Freyhof et al. 2012:307 [ref. 31752], Erk'akan 2012:97 [ref. 32281], Kottelat 2012:99 [ref. 32367], Çiçek et al. 2015:149 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2018:20 [ref. 36267], Turan et al. 2019:[10] [ref. 36540], Çiçek et al. 2020:246 [ref. 37644], Saygun et al. 2021:47 [ref. 38525], Freyhof et al. 2022:179 [ref. 39240], Çiçek et al. 2023:354 [ref. 40625], Turan et al. 2023:2 [ref. 40062], Turan et al. 2023:441 [ref. 40533], Çiçek et al. 2024:90 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Oxynoemacheilus simavicus (Balik & Bănărescu 1978). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Marmara Sea tributary, Balιkesir Province (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.