Nemacheilidae

Burdur loach

Oxynoemacheilus anatolicus

Eight Point Two Centimeters Loach of Asian Waters

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• West Asia
• Elongated
• Small
• Temperate fish

Oxynoemacheilus anatolicus, the Burdur loach, is a species of stone loach in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It has been only recorded from three spring fed streams which used to drain into Lake Burdur in south-western Anatolia, Turkey. Its habitat is streams with a slow current flowing through dense aquatic vegetation over a bed of sand, mud or gravel.