Damascus Loach
Oxynoemacheilus panthera
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Fish
Oxynoemacheilus panthera, the tiger loach or the Damascus loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. It occurs in only two streams, the Nahr Baradá and Nahr al-A'waj in the Damascus basin in Syria. It is thought that over 90% of the populations of this species of stone loach have been lost due to water abstraction and the drying up of its native watercourses, exacerbated by lower rainfall levels.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Oxynoemacheilus