Phoxinus kottelati

Common name. Anatolian minnow.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Phoxinus in West Asia by: ● 77–90 total lateral line scales / ● caudal peduncle depth 2.3–2.9 times in length / ● middle of belly scaled but separated by a naked area anteriorly in male, absent in female / ○ no supraorbital ridge / ○ no depression behind nostrils. Size up to 70 mm SL, likely to grow larger.

Distribution . Lake Sapanca and Biga Peninsula. Also occurs east to Zonguldak in Anatolian western Black Sea.

Habitat. Small streams with clear, well-oxygenated water, over gravel to rocky bottoms.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. Not evaluated.

Remarks. See comments in P. abanticus

Further reading. Kottelat 2007 (diagnosis); Kottelat & Freyhof 2007 (biology, distribution); Özuluğ & Saç 2019 (distribution); Bayçelebi 2025 (description).