Nemacheilidae

Kizilirmak sportive loach

Oxynoemacheilus samanticus

Eight Point Six Centimeters Loach of Asian Waters

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

Oxynoemacheilus samanticus, the Kizilirmak sportive loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It is found in streams and rivers with a fast current over gravel substrate and is endemic to eastern Anatolia, Turkey where it is found in the Kizilirmak system which drains into the Black Sea, as well as the headwaters of the Euphrates.