Barbatula sawadai is a species of stone loach in the family Nemacheilidae.

It is native to the Selenga River basin in Mongolia and Russia.

[3] This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in).

[2] The fish is named in honor of ichthyologist Yukio Sawada, of Hokkaido University (Japan), who studied the osteology of loaches.

[4] This Nemacheilidae article is a stub.