Published November 12, 2025 | Version v1
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Pseudophoxinus maeandricus

Description

Pseudophoxinus maeandricus

Common name. Sandıklı spring minnow.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Pseudophoxinus in Western Anatolia by: ● lateral line complete / ○ 60–65+2 scales in lateral series / ○ mouth slightly subterminal/ ○ flank without mid-lateral stripe. Size up to 100 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Karadirek near Sandıklı, an isolated basin flowing underground to Işıklı.

Habitat. Streams among dense vegetation.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. CR; known only from one small stream under pressure from many threats.

Remarks. After being described from the Işıklı spring, this species was never recorded from there again. There was probably a mistake in labelling of collections.

Further reading. Bogutskaya 1992 (revision, distribution); Küçük et al. 2013 (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 382, DOI: 10.1515/9783111677811, http://zenodo.org/record/17881367

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References

  • Bogutskaya, N. G. 1992. A revision of species of the genus Pseudophoxinus (Leuciscinae, Cyprinidae) from Asia Minor. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 89: 261-290.
  • Kucuk, F., I. Gulle, S. S. Guclu, Y. Ciftci & O. Erdogan. 2013. A new Pseudophoxinus (Teleostei, Cyprinidae) species from southwestern Anatolia, with remarks on the distribution of the genus in western Anatolia. ZooKeys 320: 29-41. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.320.4447