Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1863)

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

Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1863) Fig. 7d

Common / local names.

Golden Spined Loach / Altın dikenli çöpçü balığı *.

IUCN status.

Least concern (LC).

Examined material.

FFR 5514, Stream Cakir , 3 km south of Çakıldere, Kura drainage, 40.9669N, 42.5861E . - FFR 5513, Stream Oelcek at Ölçek, Kura drainage, 41.1340N, 42.8560E . - FFR 5559, Stream Fehmiharabesi at Akçalar, Aras drainage, 40.7723N, 43.2959E .

Distribution in the area.

The species is known from Aras River drainage.

Figures

Figure 7. Nemacheilidae and Cobitidae species collected in the area, a, Oxynoemacheilus brandtii from Kura River at Yalnizcam; b, O. cyri from stream Cakir, Kura; c, O. veyselorum from stream Kars, Aras; d, Sabanejewia aurata from stream Kars, Aras; e, Cobitis saniae from Aras River at Koepruecay.