Gobio hettitorum Ladiges, 1960

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 : 378-379

Gobio hettitorum Ladiges, 1960 [E] ― Anatolian gudgeon/Dere kayası

Taxonomy. Originaldescription: Gobiohettitorum Ladiges,

1960: 137, fig. 10 [ Gökdere Karaman, Türkiye; holotype: ZMH H1129 ]. ― Synonyms: None. ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: None .

Status in Türkiye. Recorded from Türkiye in the original description by Ladiges (1960). Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004); Geldiay and Balık (2007); Fricke et al. (2007); Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2018 a, 2020). ― Turkish material: ZMH.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Gökdere watersheds, around Karaman, Southern Lake Tuz basin. ― Distribution in river basins: 16- Konya. ― General distribution: Asia Minor: southern Lake Tuz basin ( Türkiye). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 431-Central Anatolia. ― Habitat: This species inhabits a small stream with a gravel and sand bottom. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed but of no commercial importance.

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

Remarks. Gobio hettitorum is cooccurring with G. microlepidotus , G. gymnostethus , and G. insuyanus in Konya endorheic basin. Recent molecular findings represent low level differences among them (Aksu and Bektas, 2019). It is probable that G. hettitorum is a synonym of Gobio microlepidotus Battalgil, 1942 . A manuscript prepared and submitted to a journal by the authors.