ercisianus, Orthrias angorae Erk'akan [F.] & Kuru [M.] 1986:161, Fig. 1a [Doga Turk Biyoloji Dergisi. v. 10 (no. 2); ref. 21167] Ercis stream, Lake Van basin, Turkey. Holotype: HUIC. Paratypes: HUIC (4+9+3). •Synonym of Oxynoemacheilus angorae (Steindachner 1897), but a valid subspecies -- (Prokofiev 2009:880 [ref. 30604], Golzarianpour et al. 2011:205 [ref. 31693]). •Valid as Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus (Erk'akan & Kuru 1986) -- (Freyhof et al. 2012:307 [ref. 31752], Kottelat 2012:96 [ref. 32367], Kamangar et al. 2014:45 [ref. 33140], Çiçek et al. 2015:148 [ref. 35151], Freyhof & Geiger 2017:259 [ref. 35343], Çiçek et al. 2018:18 [ref. 36267], Şen et al. 2019:67 [ref. 36474], Turan et al. 2019:[9] [ref. 36540], Freyhof et al. 2019:34 [ref. 36739], Çiçek et al. 2020:245 [ref. 37644], Çiçek et al. 2023:347 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:72 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Oxynoemacheilus ercisianus (Erk'akan & Kuru 1986). Nemacheilidae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Lake Van basin endemic, Van Province (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.