Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus

Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus, the Van loach,^[1] is a species of stone loach endemic to the Lake Van basin in Eastern Turkey.

Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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]

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]