Author: Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009
Remark: The specific epithet is misspelled in Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Jul. 2010: Ref. 84883).
Comments: Inhabits springs and qanats (Ref. 106248); also bushy shore, with some plants in water and stone river bed (Ref. 82592).  Occurs sympatrically with <i>Barbus lacerta, <i>Alburnus mossulensis, <i>Cobitis avicennae, <i>Capoeta aculeata, <i>Cyprinion macrostomum, <i>Garra rufa, <i>Oxynoemacheilus kiabii, and <i>Oxynoemacheilus kermanshahensis (Ref. 106248).