Pseudophoxinus mehmeti Ekmekci, Atalay, Yogurtcuoglu, Turan & Kucuk 2015
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Description
Pseudophoxinus mehmeti
Common name. Alanköy spring minnow.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Pseudophoxinus in Western Anatolia by: ● mouth almost superior, lower lip usually projecting slightly beyond upper lip / ○ 48–60+2 scales in lateral series / ○ lateral line incomplete with 30–50 perforated scales / ○ 11–13½ scale rows between lateral line and dorsal origin / ○ flank usually with indistinct, brown mid-lateral stripe. Size up to 100 mm SL.
Distribution. Türkiye: Lake Çorak (Akgöl) basin.
Habitat. Springs and streams, also in a reservoir.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. CR; Alanköy reservoir has dried up, and the species is now restricted to springs and streams where it is under pressure from water extraction and stocking of Oncorhynchus mykiss.
Remarks. The diagnostic mouth shape of P. mehmeti has not been confirmed in its stream population and other distinguishing characters requires further revision.
Further reading. Ekmekçi et al. 2015 (description).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Ekmekci, Atalay, Yogurtcuoglu, Turan & Kucuk
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Cyprinidae
- Genus
- Pseudophoxinus
- Species
- mehmeti
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudophoxinus mehmeti Ekmekci, 2015 sec. Freyhof, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Jouladeh-Roudbar & Kaya, 2025
References
- Ekmekci, F. G., M. A. Atalay, B. Yogurtcuoglu, D. Turan & F. Kucuk. 2015. A new species of Pseudophoxinus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from southwestern Anatolia, Turkey. Zootaxa 4033: 117-128. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.6