Nemacheilidae

Ohrid Stone Loach

Barbatula sturanyi

Near Threatened Fish from European Waters

• Temperate
• Upper river
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Europe
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

Barbatula sturanyi, the Ohrid stone loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbatula, which belongs to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. This loach is endemic to te Lake Ohrid drainage basin in the Balkan Peninsula.