Scardinius elmaliensis

Common name. Elmalı rudd.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from S. erythrophthalmus in West Asia by: ● 15−16 gill rakers / ● 9½ branched anal rays. Size up to 186 mm SL.

Distribution . Türkiye: Akçay drainage, Lake Avlan basin and Çayboğazı reservoir. Dalaman drainage: Lake Gölhisar, Korkuteli, Çavdır and Yapraklı reservoirs. Burdur basin: Lake Karataş and Belenli reservoir. In endorheic former Söğüt basin as in Osmankalfalar reservoir and Lake Karagöl and its canals in Elmalı.

Habitat. Reservoirs, lakes, slow-flowing streams, marshes, and springs, usually among vegetation or under bank cover.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. VU; declining within its small range. Most populations appear to inhabit reservoirs. Extirpated from Lake Karataş.

Remarks. Molecular data place S. elmaliensis as a sister clade to S. erythrophthalmus .

Further reading. Bogutskaya 1997b (description); Geiger et al. 2014 (molecular data); Karataş et al. 2016 (molecular data, distribution).