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Salariopsis burcuae Yogurtcuoglu, Kaya, Atalay, Ekmekci & Freyhof 2023

Description

Salariopsis burcuae

Common name. Eastern freshwater blenny.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Salariopsis in West Asia by: ● tiny black dots on the cheek not organised in rows or bands / ● supraocular tentacle branched, short, not reaching to, rarely overlapping the 9 th circum-orbital sensory pore / ○ pores of lateral line with white circle / ○ black dots present on cheek and/or upper part of flank. Size upto 88 mmSL.

Distribution. Bay of Antalya (Türkiye) east to Jordan drainage (Israel), including Cyprus.

Habitat. Streams with moderate current and rocky bottom. Also in lakes, including reservoirs.

Biology. No data, but expected to be similar with S. fluviatilis.

Conservation status. LC.

Remarks. Superficially very similar to S. fluviatilis but well differentiated by molecular characteristics.

Further reading. Yoğurtçuoğlu et al. 2023 (description).

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 775, DOI: 10.1515/9783111677811, http://zenodo.org/record/17881367

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References

  • Yogurtcuoglu, B., C. Kaya, M. A. Atalay, F. G. Ekmekci & J. Freyhof. 2023. Two new freshwater blennies from the eastern Mediterranean basin (Teleostei: Blenniidae). Zootaxa 5311 (1): 85-104. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5311.1.4