| Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
| Species: | O. ercisianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus (Erk'akan & Kuru, 1986) | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus, the Van loach, is a species of stone loach endemic to the Lake Van basin in Eastern Turkey.
In 2018, a population of Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus, was discovered in to live among the microbialite in Lake Van. Until then, Alburnus tarichi was thought to be the only fish to inhabit Lake Van.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19387775A19848268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19387775A19848268.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
- "New fish species found in Turkey's Lake Van". Hürriyet Daily News. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
- Akkuş, Mustafa; Sarı, Mustafa; Ekmekçi, F. Güler; Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran (2021-03-16). "The discovery of a microbialite-associated freshwater fish in the world's largest saline soda lake, Lake Van (Turkey)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97 (1): 181–189. doi:10.3897/zse.97.62120. ISSN 1860-0743.
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Paracobitis pulsiz | |
 | This Nemacheilidae article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |