Capoeta baliki Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi and İmamoğlu, 2006

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Capoeta baliki Turan, Kottelat, Ekmekçi and İmamoğlu, 2006

Types. Holotype. ESFM-PISI/ 2004-74, 202 mm SL; Turkey: Ankara: Sakarya River: Kızılcahamam Stream, Kızılcahamam , 60 km west of Ankara, 40°29' N 32°39' E; D. Turan, M. Turan, 15.04.2004. Paratypes. ESFMPISI/2004-75, 4, 140–190 mm SL; FFR 713, 5, 121–219 mm SL; CMK 18541, 10, 128–188 mm SL; same data as holotype. FFR 714, 5, 151-209 mm SL; Turkey: Ankara: Sakarya River, Ova Stream, Kazan, 50 km west of Ankara, 40°11' N 32°39' E; D. Turan, M. Turan, 15.04.2004. FFR 715, 5, 121-183 mm SL; same data, 16.06.2004. FFR 716, 10, 168-217 mm SL; Turkey: Sıvas: Kızılırmak River , Delice Stream; F. Ekmekci, S. Kırankaya, 22.11.2002 (after Turan et al., 2006 b) .

T y p e L o c a l i t y. Sakarya River.

D i a g n o s i s. Meristic characters (tables 1–4): D: III–IV 8–9 (8.1), P: I 17–20 (18.4), V: I 9–10 (9.0), A: III 5, lateral line: 72–86 (78.4), scales number above/below lateral line: 14–17 (14.9)/10–11 (10.1).

C. baliki is distinguished from other Capoeta species of East and South-East Black Sea rivers ( C. svanetica sp. n., C. sieboldi , C. oguzelii , C. banarescui , C. ekmekciae , and also from C. tinca of Marmara Sea basin) by the combination of characters. Two pairs of barbels ( C. sieboldi and C. oguzelii have only one pair); gill rakers number (16–22 (19.3)) higher than in C. svanetica sp. n., C. banarescui and C. oguzelii but less than for C. sieboldi ; last unbranched dorsal-fin ray well ossified with the high number of serrae (unlike C. sieboldi and C. oguzelii ); 14–17 scales rows above the lateral line and 10–11 scales rows below the lateral line (more than in C. svanetica sp. n., C. sieboldi , and C. banarescui ). C. baliki also characterized by less length of anterior and posterior barbels 9.8–14.3 (mean 12.7) and 14.7–18.5 (mean 16.5) respectively than the same parameter for C. svanetica sp. n. (13.9–20.1 (mean 16.7) / 18.7–28.6 (mean 22.2)) and C. banarescui (12.4–20.8 (mean 16.9) / 18.4–28.8 (mean 21.9)).

Distribution. C. baliki is presently known from the Sakarya and Kızılırmak river drainages ( Turkey), including lakes and reservoirs ( Turan et al., 2006 b; Elp et al., 2018).