Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus

Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Oxynoemacheilus
Species:
O. ercisianus
Binomial name
Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus
(Erk'akan & Kuru, 1986)
Synonyms
  • Barbatula pulsiz (Krupp, 1992)
  • Nemacheilus pulsiz Krupp, 1992
  • Orthrias angorae subsp. ercisianus Erk'akan & Kuru, 1986
  • Oxynoemacheilus ercisiana (Erk'akan & Kuru, 1986)
  • Paracobitis pulsiz (Krupp, 1992)[2]

Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus, the Van loach,[1] 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.[3][4]

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus". FishBase. December 2012 version.
  1. ^ a b Freyhof, J. (2014). "Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19387775A19848268. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19387775A19848268.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.
  3. ^ "New fish species found in Turkey's Lake Van". Hürriyet Daily News. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
  4. ^ Akkuş, Mustafa; Sarı, Mustafa; Ekmekçi, F. Güler; Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran (2021-03-16). "The discovery of a microbialite-associated freshwater fish in the world's largest saline soda lake, Lake Van (Turkey)". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 97 (1): 181–189. doi:10.3897/zse.97.62120. ISSN 1860-0743.


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