afrenatus, Nemachilus frenatus Battalgil [F.] 1941:183 [Revue de la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université d'Instanbul, Série B: Sciences Naturelles v. 6 (nos 1-2); ref. 13194] Small creek at Diyarbakir, tributary of the Tigris River, Turkey. No types known. Original genus is correctly Nemacheilus. •Synonym of Nemacheilus frenatus (Heckel 1843), but a valid subspecies as described -- (Coad 1991:18 [ref. 15702], Coad 1995:22 [ref. 23608]). •Synonym of Oxynoemacheilus frenatus (Heckel 1843), but a valid subspecies afrenatus (Battagil 1941 [or 1942]) -- (Prokofiev 2009:880 [ref. 30604], Freyhof et al. 2012:308 [ref. 31752]). •Synonym of Oxynoemacheilus frenatus (Heckel 1843) -- (Kottelat 2012:96 [ref. 32367], Freyhof et al. 2017:557 [ref. 35290]). •Possibly valid as Oxynoemacheilus afrenatus (Battalgil 1941) -- (Sayyadzadeh & Esmaeili 2020:203 [ref. 37967]). •Valid as Oxynoemacheilus afrenatus (Battalgil 1941) -- (Çiçek et al. 2023:341 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:62 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Oxynoemacheilus afrenatus (Battalgil 1941). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Tigris River system (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.