Pseudophoxinus drusensis
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Description
Pseudophoxinus drusensis
Common name. Drusian spring minnow.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Pseudophoxinus in eastern Mediterranean basin by: ○ 47–60+2–3 scales in lateral series / ○ flank plain brown, grey or golden without prominent stripe / ○ pelvic short, reaching 1–5 scales in front of anus / ○ 6–7 scales between pelvic origin and lateral line / ○ lateral line incomplete / ○ pelvic axillary lobe absent. Size up to 80 mm SL, likely to grow larger.
Distribution. Israel and Syria: Northern Jordan drainage in Golan Heights, Jebel Druse, and Al Tammasiyyar in Syria.
Habitat. Springs and spring-fed streams with clear water and dense vegetation.
Biology. Spawns April–June.
Conservation status. VU; appears to be declining within its small range.
Further reading. Goren 1974 (distribution); Krupp 1985d (morphology); Krupp & Schneider 1989 (distribution).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Pellegrin
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pseudophoxinus
- Species
- drusensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudophoxinus drusensis (Pellegrin, 1933) sec. Freyhof, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Jouladeh-Roudbar & Kaya, 2025
References
- Goren, M. 1974. The freshwater fishes of Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 23: 67-118, pls 1 - 4.
- Krupp, F. 1985 d. Systematik und Zoogeographie der Susswasserfische des levantinischen Grabenbruchsystems und der Ostkuste des Mittelmeeres, Dissertation Doktor der Naturwissenschaften, Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Univ. Mainz.
- Krupp, F. & W. Schneider. 1989. The fishes of the Jordan River drainage basin and Azraq Oasis. Fauna of Saudia Arabia 10: 347-416.