Pseudophoxinus libani (Lortet, 1883)

Baycelebi, Esra, 2020, Distribution and diversity of fish from Seyhan, Ceyhan and Orontes river systems, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 747-767 : 747

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scientific name	Pseudophoxinus libani (Lortet, 1883)
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Treatment

Common names.

Asi ot balığı * / Orontes spring minnow.

Conservation.

Least Concern (LC).

Material examined.

FFR 03314 St. 1., - FSJF 2391 St. 3., - FSJF 2756 St. 19., - FSJF 2646 St. 20., - FSJF 2641 St. 21., - FSJF 2757 St. 22., - FSJF 2644 St. 24., - FSJF 2645 St. 28., - FSJF 2647 St. 30., - FSJF 2643 St. 31.

Distribution in the area.

Orontes River drainages and Balık and Qattinah Lake basins in Turkey and Syria.

Taxonomic note.

According to morphological and molecular data (COI), P. libani and P. kervillei were conspecific and P. kervillei was a junior synonym of P. libani ( Bariche and Freyhof 2016).