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Nemacheilidae
Two spot loach
Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma
Fish Reaching Seven Point Three Centimeters in Asian Waters
Oxynoemacheilus argyrogramma, the two-spot loach is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Oxynoemacheilus. This species is found in the drainage of the Queiq River in Syria and Turkey, and the upper Euphrates drainage in Turkey and possibly in this drainage in Syria and Iraq. It has almost been extirpated from the Queiq as this river has virtually dried out but it remains abundant in the Euphrates.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Oxynoemacheilus
- Maximum length
- 7.3 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Distribution
- Asia: Syria and Turkey (Ref. 92804 ). Reported from Iran (Ref. 94765 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

