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Pseudophoxinus firati Bogutskaya, Kucuk & Atalay 2006
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Description
Pseudophoxinus firati
Common name. Euphrates spring minnow.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Pseudophoxinus in eastern Mediterranean basin by: ○ 43–49+2–3 scales in lateral series / ○ lateral line incomplete, often almost complete, with 15–44 perforated scales / ○ flank with prominent brown, mid-lateral stripe / ○ pelvic axillary lobe present / ○ 6–8 gill rakers. Size up to 100 mm SL.
Distribution. Türkiye: Headwaters in Ceyhan, Seyhan (Karahalka spring) drainages. Very locally in Euphrates drainage.
Habitat. Springs and streams with clear water and dense vegetation.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. LC.
Further reading. Bogutskaya et al. 2007 (description); Saç et al. 2019b (distribution).
Notes
Published as part of Freyhof, Jörg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, GmbH, Berlin / Boston :De Gruyter on page 375, DOI: 10.1515/9783111677811, http://zenodo.org/record/17881367
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Bogutskaya, Kucuk & Atalay
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pseudophoxinus
- Species
- firati
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudophoxinus firati Bogutskaya, 2006 sec. Freyhof, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Jouladeh-Roudbar & Kaya, 2025
References
- Sac, G., M. Ozulug, M. Elp, M. Gaffaroglu, S. Unal, M. K. Ayata, C. Kaya & J. Freyhof. 2019 b. New records of Pseudophoxinus firati from Turkey (Teleostei: Leuciscidae). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 35 (3): 769-774. https://doi.org/10.1111/jai.13869