Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023 Author Çiçek, Erdoğan Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye Author Jawad, Laith School of Environmental and Animal Sciences, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Author Eagderi, Soheil Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran Author Esmaeili, Hamid Reza Ichthyology and Molecular Systematics Research Laboratory, Zoology Section, Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Author Mouludi-Saleh, Atta Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran Author Sungur, Sevil Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı BektaşVeli University, Nevşehir, Türkiye Author Fricke, Ronald Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-17 5357 1 1 49 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1 1175-5326 10012543 7CDE221A-1E73-416D-A984-23E64D9451A6 Oxynoemacheilus chomanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant, 2014 [N]—Choman loach Taxonomy. Original description: Oxynoemacheilus chomanicus Kamangar, Prokofiev, Ghaderi & Nalbant, 2014: 46 , fig. 5 [Baneh River, Baneh, Kurdistan , Iran , 36°01‘03“N , 45°55‘20“E ; holotype : FCFUK 176].— Iraq synonyms: None.—Revisions: None.—Illustrations: Kamangar et al. (2014: 46 , fig. 5). Status in Iraq . First record from Iraq by Freyhof et al . (2022) .—Iraq material: None. Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq : Tigris River drainages.—General distribution: Tigris River basin ( Türkiye , Iraq , and Iran ).—Habitat: This species occurs in streams with moderately to rapidly flowing freshwater in both mountainous and desert landscapes. Freshwater. Economic importance. No commercial importance. Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq : Unknown.—IUCN: NE (2023).—Threats: ABS, CON, EUT.— Moderate sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Unknown.—Moderate priority for conservation action.