Eidinemacheilus smithi

Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagroz blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.^[2][3]

Eidinemacheilus smithi
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Nemacheilidae
Genus:	Eidinemacheilus
Species:	E. smithi
Binomial name
Eidinemacheilus smithi (Greenwood, 1976)
Synonyms
Noemacheilus smithi Greenwood, 1976 Paracobitis smithi (Greenwood, 1976)

It is named after British explorer Anthony Smith, who collected the type specimens.^[4]

There are three other known cavefish species in Iran: Garra lorestanensis, G. tashanensis and G. typhlops.^[5][6]