Stone loaches of Choman River system, Kurdistan, Iran (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) Author Kamangar, Barzan Bahrami Author Prokofiev, Artem M. Author Ghaderi, Edris Author Nalbant, Theodore T. text Zootaxa 2014 3755 1 33 61 journal article 36912 10.11646/zootaxa.3755.1.2 d165c041-bb19-478d-9011-a41450cde2f1 1175-5326 285463 C16D20B5-D480-4E7A-A64F-03281CB98E08 Turcinoemacheilus Bănărescu et Nalbant, 1964 Type species: Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi Bănărescu et Nalbant, 1964 Emended diagnosis: This genus can be distinguished from all the other nemacheilid genera in the following combination of characters: preethmoidei-I absent; four cylindrical pectoral-bony radials; bony air-bladder capsule with wide sheet-like bony fringe, no free posterior chamber in abdominal cavity; anus positioned mid-way between pelvic-fin insertion and anal-fin origin; mature males with cheeks thickened and with epidermal tubercles homogeneously distributed on snout. Remarks: This peculiar genus having a very disjunct distribution ( Conway et al. 2011 ) can be easily separated from all the other nemacheilids in the region in its anterior position of the anus. Relationship of the genus is unclear ( Bănărescu & Nalbant, 1995 ; Prokofiev, 2009 ); however, we found sexual dimorphism of the Oxynoemacheilus - type in the specimens described below, which may indicate that these genera are phylogenetically close. Resolution of this problem will be presented in a forthcoming paper.