Iskandaria kuschakewitschi, the Kuschakewitsch loach, is a species of stone loach found in the Central Asian nations of Uzbekistan and Afghanistan.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Iskandaria Prokofiev, 2009 |
| Species: | I. kuschakewitschi
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| Iskandaria kuschakewitschi (Herzenstein, 1890)
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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
edit- ^ 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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