Nemacheilidae

Blind loach

Eidinemacheilus smithi

Endemic Loach of European Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Asia (unspecified)
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Eidinemacheilus smithi, also known as the Zagros blind loach, is a species of loach in the family Nemacheilidae. Nemacheilidae is a diverse family of small benthic cypriniform fishes which are distributed mainly across Europe and Asia, where most species inhabit cool, fast-flowing streams and rivers. This cavefish is endemic to an aquifer in the Karun River drainage in the Zagros Mountains of Iran.