Egirdira nigra ( Kosswig & Geldiay, 1952 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 398

Egirdira nigra ( Kosswig & Geldiay, 1952) [E] ― Eğirdir minnow/Eğirdir yağbalığı

Taxonomy. Original description: Pararhodeus niger Kosswig & Geldiay, 1952: 12 , fig. 5 [Lake Eğirdir, Türkiye; syntypes: ESFM PISI/1950-007 (1), PISI/1951-003 (28)]. ― Synonyms: Phoxinellus egridiri Karaman, 1972 ; Pseudophoxinus egridiri ( Karaman, 1972) . ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: None.

Status in Türkiye. Recorded from Türkiye in the original description by Kosswig and Geldiay (1952). Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004) as Pseudophoxinus egridiri ; Geldiay and Balık (2007) as Phoxinellus egridiri ; Fricke et al. (2007) as Pseudophoxinus egridiri ; Kuru et al. (2014) as Pseudophoxinus egridiri ; Çiçek et al. (2015, 2018 a, 2020) as Pseudophoxinus egridiri . ― Turkish material: ESFM.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Eğirdir Lake and tributaries. ― Distribution in river basins: 9- Antalya. ― General distribution: Asia Minor: Lake Eğirdir and Lake Eğirdir tributaries, Isparta Province, Central Anatolia ( Türkiye). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 432-Southern Anatolia. ― Habitat: This species inhabits lakes and streams with dense vegetation and standing or slowly flowing water. Freshwater.

Economic importance. No commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: EN. ― IUCN: EN (IUCN, 2023 as Pseudophoxinus egridiri ). ― Threats: ABS, CLI, CON, COM, EUT, HAB. ― High sensitivity to human activities. ― Not considered a keystone species. ― Decline status: Decreasing. ― High priority for conservation action.

Ladigesocypris ghigii (Gianferrari 1927) => not occurring in Türkiye (see Çiçek et al., 2020)

Ladigesocypris irideus => Squalius irideus