Cobitidae

Gitchak nakana

Gitchak nakana

Loach beneath the Indian Ocean

• Freshwater fish

Gitchak (lit. 'red') is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Cobitidae (loaches). The genus contains a single species, Gitchak nakana, which is closely related to Lepidocephalichthys and Pangio. Gitchak is endemic to Northeast India, known only from a single dug-out well.