Oxynoemacheilus atili Erk'akan, 2012
Lake Beysehir loach

Family:  Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Max. size:  8.3 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 5.1 g
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Eflatun pinari, Beysehir lake in Turkey.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal soft rays: 8-8. Distinguished from all congeners in Turkey by its color pattern, shape of the body capsule of swim-bladder, scales present only on the posterior part of the body and embedded in the skin and some body ratios (Ref. 93108).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Near Threatened (NT); Date assessed: 25 January 2013 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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