Afronemacheilus abyssinicus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| name =

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Getahun, A. |year=2010 |title=Nemacheilus abyssinicus |volume=2010 |page=e.T181589A7685600 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T181589A7685600.en |access-date=28 December 2017}}

| taxon = Afronemacheilus abyssinicus

| authority = (Boulenger, 1902)

| synonyms =

Nemacheilus abyssinicus Boulenger, 1902

}}

Afronemacheilus abyssinicus is a species of stone loach endemic to Ethiopia. It is known from the Blue Nile at its outlet from Tana Lake (the type locality), with records from the Baro River. Originally the only species in its genus, in 2013 A. kaffa was described based on the Omo population, formerly included in A. abyssinicus.{{FishBase |genus= Afronemacheilus|species= abyssinicus| month = September| year = 2019}}

A. abyssinicus can reach a standard length of {{cvt|5.1|cm|in}}. The specific epithet, abyssinicus, is derived from Latin and means "Abyssinian" or "Ethiopian".{{cite book |last=Eggli |first=Urs |last2=Newton |first2=Leonard E. |title=Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin, Heidelberg |year=2004 |isbn=978-3-540-00489-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u2n5vusQ1DEC&pg=PA1 |access-date=14 November 2018 |page=1}}