Nemacheilidae

Tigris loach

Oxynoemacheilus tigris

High dorsal crest white margin

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Asia (unspecified)
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Oxynoemacheilus tigris, the Tigris loach or Halap loach, is a species of stone loach from the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It can be distinguished from other loaches in the genus by its long and high dorsal crest with a whitish margin. This critically endangered species is endemic to the Queiq River in Turkey where it occurs ins a short stretch of stream between two reservoirs.