Seminemacheilus lendlii (Hanko, 1925)

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 574-575

Seminemacheilus lendlii

Common name. Northern pond loach

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Seminemacheilus by: ○ caudal truncate / ○ posterior naris not reaching to anterior eye margin when folded backward / ○ no black or brown dots or blotches on belly / ○ flank pattern fine mottled / ○ no central pore in supratemporal canal / ○ 5–7 supraorbital head pores / ○ caudal–peduncle depth 1.1–1.2 times in caudal–peduncle length / ○ head length 25–28 % SL / ○ snout length 38–40 % HL / ○ prepelvic length 57–59 % SL / ○ eye diameter 13–14 % HL. Size up to 77 mm SL.

Seminemacheilus tubae ; Lake Beyşehir basin, Türkiye; female, 65 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Lake Eymir-Mogan basins ( Ankara), Porsuk drainage, a tributary of upper Sakarya, and Lakes Akşehir, Eber, and Ilgın basins.

Habitat. Springs and streams with standing or slow-flowing water and dense vegetation.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. VU; potentially vanished from Lakes Ilgin and Eymir-Mogan basins.

Further reading. Hankó 1925 (description); Yoğurtçuoğlu et al. 2020b (revision).

Seminemacheilus tubae ; Lake Beyşehir basin, Türkiye; male; 54 mm.