Nemacheilidae

Bulgarian stone loach

Oxynoemacheilus bureschi

Eight Point Five Centimeters Loach from European Waters

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

Oxynoemacheilus bureschi, the Struma stone loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach family (Nemacheilidae). It is found in the Struma, Vardar and Nestos river basins Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, and Serbia Its natural habitat is rivers, preferring larger streams with fast currents, especially in the middle. It cannot survive where the rivers have been canalised and it is threatened by habitat loss.