''Oxynoemacheilus merga'', Krynicki's loach, is a species of
stone loach
The stone loach (''Barbatula barbatula'') is a European species of fresh water ray-finned fish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is one of nineteen species in the genus ''Barbatula''. Stone loaches live amongst the gravel and stones of fast flowin ...
from the genus ''
Oxynoemacheilus''. This species reaches a length of . It is found in the western
drainage basin of the
Caspian Sea in eastern Europe in the upper mountain streams of the drainage systems of the
Kuma,
Terek Terek may refer to:
Places China
* (), a list of township-level divisions of Xinjiang, town in Xinjiang, China
Kyrgyzstan
*Terek, Alay, a village in Alay District, Osh Region
*Terek, Kara-Kulja, a village in Kara-Kulja District, Osh Region
*Terek ...
,
Sulak,
Shura-ozen and
Samur
Samur may refer to:
People
* Samur Gunj (1380s-c.1455), a daughter of Elbeg Nigülesügchi Khan and his senior wife Kobeguntai
Places
* Qaleh Samur, a village in Gavork-e Sardasht Rural District, in the Central District of Sardasht County, West A ...
where it is abundant. The countries in which it occurs are
Azerbaijan,
Georgia and
Russia.
References
*Kottelat, M. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Handbook of European freshwater fishes. Publications Kottelat, Cornol and Freyhof, Berlin. 646 pp.
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merga
Taxa named by Johann Krynicki
Fish described in 1840
Fish of Europe