Gobio artvinicus Turan, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektas , 2016

Kaya, Cueneyt, Baycelebi, Esra & Turan, Davut, 2020, Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 325-344 : 325

Gobio artvinicus Turan, Japoshvili, Aksu & Bektas, 2016 Fig. 4d

Common / local names.

Artvin gudgeon* / Artvin Derekayası *.

IUCN status.

Not evaluated (NE).

Examined material.

FFR 5923, B-20 canal at Aralık, Aras drainage, 39.8936N, 44.5256E.

Distribution in the area.

The species has been known to occur in Çoruh River and has not been recorded in any another place, including Kura and Aras river drainages, despite intensive field work. However, it has recently been declared that G. artvinicus translocated to the Caspian Sea basin and occurs in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia ( Kuljanishvili et al. 2020). In the present study also, some specimens belonging to genus Gobio were observed and they are superficially similar to G. artvinicus .

Figures

Figure 4. Gobiidae and Gobionidae species collected in the area, a, Neogobius fluviatilis from B- 20 canal, Aras; b, Ponticola cyrius from Kura River at Yalnizcam; c, Pseudorasbora parva from Lake Aktas, Kura; d, Romanogobio macropterus from Kura River at Yalnizcam; e, Romanogobio macropterus from Kura River at Yalnizcam.