Pseudophoxinus maeandricus (Ladiges, 1960)
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820494 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FE21-FE6D-2885-FC51FD2FFAD3 |
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Felipe |
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Pseudophoxinus maeandricus |
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Pseudophoxinus maeandricus View in CoL
Common name. Sandıklı spring minnow.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Pseudophoxinus in Western Anatolia by: ● lateral line complete / ○ 60–65+2 scales in lateral series / ○ mouth slightly subterminal/ ○ flank without mid-lateral stripe. Size up to 100 mm SL.
Distribution. Türkiye: Karadirek near Sandıklı, an isolated basin flowing underground to Işıklı.
Habitat. Streams among dense vegetation.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. CR; known only from one small stream under pressure from many threats.
Remarks. After being described from the Işıklı spring, this species was never recorded from there again. There was probably a mistake in labelling of collections.
Further reading. Bogutskaya 1992 (revision, distribution); Küçük et al. 2013 (distribution).
Pseudophoxinus mehmeti ; AlankÖy reservoir, Türkiye; ~ 60 mm SL. Pseudophoxinus mehmeti ; stream AlankÖy, Türkiye; ~ 100 mm SL.
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