| Family: |
Leuciscidae (Minnows), subfamily: Leuciscinae |
| Max. size: |
8.77 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthopelagic; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Western Anatolia, Turkey. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Vertebrae: 36-37. Diagnosed from all other congeners in Anatolia and the northern Levant by the combination of the following characters: incomplete lateral line, reaching from vertical of tip of pectoral fin to vertical of anal-fin origin, perforating 12-31 scales; 54-64 + 2-3 scales in lateral series; 13½ -16½ scales between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin; pelvic-fin origin slightly in front fo dorsal-fin origin; pelvic fin short, not reaching anus; pelvic axillary lobe absent; no keel between posterior pelvic-fin base and anus; prominent epidermal black stripe from eye to caudal-fin base in live and preserved individuals; snout rounded; mouth terminal; head length 26-30% SL; and predorsal length 56-61% SL (Ref. 83419).
Description: dorsal fin with 3 simple and 7½ branched rays; anal fin with 3 simple and 6½ or 7½ branched rays; pectoral fin with 14-15 branched rays; pelvic fin with 8-9 branched rays (Ref. 83419). |
| Biology: |
Collected from an irrigation canal draining water from a stream. Population may have dropped dramatically due to water abstraction in large quantities from the stream and from the canals (Ref. 83419). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Endangered (EN); Date assessed: 18 March 2013 (B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv)) Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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