Nemacheilidae

Van loach

Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus

Seven Point Seven Centimeters Loach of Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• West Asia
• Elongated
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus, the Van loach, is a species of stone loach endemic to the Lake Van basin in Eastern Turkey. In 2018, a population of Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus, was discovered in to live among the microbialite in Lake Van. Until then, Alburnus tarichi was thought to be the only fish to inhabit Lake Van.