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Pseudophoxinus zekayi Bogutskaya, Kucuk & Atalay 2006
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Description
Pseudophoxinus zekayi
Common name. Ceyhan spring minnow.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Pseudophoxinus in eastern Mediterranean basin by: ○ 38–46+2–3 scales in lateral series. / ○ lateral line complete / ○ flank usually with indistinct, brown mid-lateral stripe / ○ many small black spots below lateral line / ○ uppermost point of cleft below of center of eye. Size up to 113 mm SL.
Distribution. Türkiye: Eastern Ceyhan drainage in springs around Çöçelli and Lakes Gölbaşı.
Habitat. Springs, spring-fed streams, and densely vegetated lakes.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range.
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 388, 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
- zekayi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Pseudophoxinus zekayi 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