In a hard-to-reach cave of northeastern India, a “slender” river creature with “fleshy” lips tucked itself under a rock. A ...

Batman has returned — the Batman River loach, that is. The tiny freshwater fish was last seen by scientists in southeastern Turkey in 1974. The yellow-and-brown-striped loach, which grows to ...

An awareness-raising campaign has been initiated in southeastern Turkiye for the conservation of the striped loach, one of the 10 most sought-after fish species in the world. The critically ...

After finding the striped loach (Paraschistura chrysicristinae) anew, Cuneyt Kaya, a biologist specializing in fisheries at Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, and Munevver Oral, a research fellow at ...