Nemacheilidae

Oxynoemacheilus bergianus

Oxynoemacheilus bergianus

Eight Point Four Centimeters Loach

• Tropical
• Restricted distribution
• Freshwater fish
• West Asia
• Small
• Tropical fish

Oxynoemacheilus bergianus, the Kura sportive loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. This species is found in Lake Urumiyeh and Namak Lake basins in Iran, in the southern Caspian basin from Kura east to the Sefid-Rud drainage. It can also be found in the headwaters of Tigris in Turkey, Iraq and in Karoun, Iran as well as those of the Euphrates in Turkey and possibly in Syria and Iraq.