Ladigesocypris, Karaman, 1972
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820379 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FECF-FE84-2885-FC22FC39FB55 |
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Felipe |
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Ladigesocypris |
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Ladigesocypris is a small fish endemic to the southern Aegean basin. It is the sole species in the genus, closely related to Squalius and Petroleuciscus . Some authors have treated Ladigesocypris as a synonym of Squalius . This view is not supported by all molecular analyses, which are inconclusive. While some studies place Ladigesocypris within Squalius , others place the species close to Petroleuciscus ,
Ladigesocypris ghigii ; Lake KÖyceğiz basin, Türkiye; ~ 60 mm SL.
barcode distance of 1.5 % to the Eğirdir population, with no morphological differences. This population has not been observed for more than 15 years, suggesting its possible extirpation.
Further reading. Kosswig & Geldiay 1952 (description as P. nigra ); Küçük et al. 2009b (conservation, distribution); Freyhof 2022 (generic name, identification).
suggesting that Petroleuciscus might be a synonym of Ladigesocypris . The two genera are only distinguished by an incomplete lateral line in Ladigesocypris (vs. complete in Petroleuciscus ). Previously, three species of Ladigesocypris were recognised. However, L. irideus from Anatolia cannot be distinguished from Greek L. ghigii , and L. mermere from Lake Marmara was found to be a synonym of Petroleuciscus smyrnaeus .
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