Kuschakewitsch loach

Kuschakewitsch loach
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1); Iskandaria kuschakewitschi
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1); Iskandaria pardalis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Iskandaria; Prokofiev, 2009
Species:	I. kuschakewitschi
Binomial name
	Iskandaria kuschakewitschi; (Herzenstein, 1890)
Synonyms
	Nemacheilus kuschakewitschi Herzenstein, 1890; Noemacheilus kuschakewitschi (Herzenstein, 1890); Nemacheilus pardalis Turdakov, 1941; Iskandaria pardalis Turdakov, 1941;

Iskandaria kuschakewitschi, the Kuschakewitsch loach, is a species of stone loach found in the Central Asian nations of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.^[3]

It is currently the only recognized species in this genus^[4] although the taxon Iskandaria pardalis is recognised by some authorities as a separate species.^[2]^[5]

References

^ Karimov, B. (2020). "Iskandaria kuschakewitschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156720699A156721362. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T156720699A156721362.en. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b Karimov, B. (2020). "Iskandaria pardalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156721118A156721160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T156721118A156721160.en. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Iskandaria kuschakewitschi". FishBase. June 2011 version.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Iskandaria". FishBase. February 2024 version.
^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

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[IUCNk-1] Karimov, B. (2020). "Iskandaria kuschakewitschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156720699A156721362. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T156720699A156721362.en. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[IUCNp-2] Karimov, B. (2020). "Iskandaria pardalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156721118A156721160. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T156721118A156721160.en. Retrieved 6 February 2024.

[3] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Iskandaria kuschakewitschi". FishBase. June 2011 version.

[4] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Iskandaria". FishBase. February 2024 version.

[5] Kottelat, M. (2012): Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Suppl. No. 26: 1-199.

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