Aphanius anatoliae sureyanus (Neu, 1937)

Schulz-Mirbach, Tanja, Reichenbacher, Bettina, Yildirim, M. Zeki & Atalay, M. Altuğ, 2006, Otolith characteristics of species, subspecies, and populations of Aphanius Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from Anatolia (Turkey), Journal of Natural History 40 (27 - 28), pp. 1687-1705 : 1696

Aphanius anatoliae sureyanus (Neu, 1937)

( Figure 5g –n )

Locality—Lake Burdur (34 specimens)

Description. (1) Outline: trapezoid to rounded trapezoid or rounded (small otoliths); (2) excisura: variable, mostly wide and deeply incised; (3) rostrum: mostly longer than the antirostrum; (4) antirostrum: sometimes hook-shaped with the tip pointing in the anterior or in the ventral direction; (5) dorsal rim: convex, smooth; (6) posterior rim: mostly sloping or convex and smooth; (7) ventral rim: straight, smooth; (8) crista superior: bulging or thin; (9) crista inferior: typically faintly expressed; the area beneath the crista bears knobs; (10) inner face: flat; (11) outer face: slightly or moderately convex, often thickened in the posterior portion.

Figures

Figure 5. Left sagittae of Aphanius anatoliae splendens (a, b), A. anatoliae transgrediens (c–f), and A. anatoliae sureyanus (g–n). (a, g–j) Females; (b–f, k–n) males.