Pseudophoxinus battalgilae Bogutskaya 1997
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Description
Pseudophoxinus battalgilae
Common name. Lycaonian spring minnow.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Pseudophoxinus in Central Anatolia by: ● shallow keel between posterior end of pelvic base and anus, scaleless for about ⅓ or ¼ of its length / ○ 55–64+3 scales in lateral series / ○ lateral line complete / ○ upper and lower lip terminates at same level / ○ flank with prominent, brown or grey mid-lateral stripe. Size up to 150 mm SL.
Distribution. Türkiye: Lakes Beyşehir and Suğla basins, Akkaya reservoir south of Niğde, a reservoir at Gümüşler, Tatlıkuyu canal at Ereğli and Manavgat drainage (Mediterranean basin) including Oymapınar and Manavgat reservoirs. Introduced in Lake Ilgın basin. Expected to occur elsewhere.
Habitat. Lakes and reservoirs, springs, and slow-flowing streams. Usually in densely vegetated habitats.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. LC; extirpated from Tatlıkuyu channel and Akkaya reservoir.
Further reading. Bogutskaya 1997b (description); Küçük et al. 2016 (diagnosis, distribution).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Bogutskaya
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pseudophoxinus
- Species
- battalgilae
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudophoxinus battalgilae Bogutskaya, 1997 sec. Freyhof, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Jouladeh-Roudbar & Kaya, 2025
References
- Bogutskaya, N. G. 1997 b. Contribution to the knowledge of leuciscine fishes of Asia Minor. Part 2. An annotated checklist of leuciscine fishes (Leuciscinae, Cyprinidae) of Turkey with descriptions of a new species and two new subspecies. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 94: 161-186.
- Kucuk, F., I. Gulle & S. S. Guclu. 2016. Pseudophoxinus iconii, a new species of spring minnow from Central Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 27: 283-288.