Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus
Species of fish
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Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus, the Van loach,[1] is a species of stone loach endemic to the Lake Van basin in Eastern Turkey.
| Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Nemacheilidae |
| Genus: | Oxynoemacheilus |
| Species: | O. ercisianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus (Erk'akan & Kuru, 1986) | |
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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.[3][4]
