Capoeta oguzelii Elp, Osmanoğlua, Kadak and Turan, 2018

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Capoeta oguzelii Elp, Osmanoğlua, Kadak and Turan, 2018

Types. Holotype. FCME 2017-05a, 109 mm SL; Turkey: Kastamonu prov.: Ezine Stream at Devrekani, Black Sea drainage, 41°44'02" N, 33°52'58" E, M. Elp, A. Kadak, M. Osmanoglu, 29.06.2017. Paratypes. FCME 2017-05b, 9 individuals, 51–139 mm SL; same data as holotype. FCME 2017-34, 13 individuals, 54–78 mm SL ; same location as holotype; 04.10.2017 ( Elp et al., 2018) .

Type Locality. Ezine Stream , a coastal stream in the southern Black Sea basin ( Elp et al., 2018) .

Diagnosis. Meristic characters (tables 1–4): D: IV 7 (71 / 2), P: I 16–17 (16.6), V: I 8–9 (8.1), A: III 5, lateral line: 72–82 (77.0), scales number above/below lateral line: 12–17 (13.8)/11–13 (11.6).

C. oguzelii is distinguished from other Capoeta species of East and South-East Black Sea rivers ( C. svanetica sp. n., C. sieboldi , C. banarescui , C. baliki , C. ekmekciae , and also from C. tinca Sea of Marmara basin) by the combination of the following characters: one pair of barbels are present (only C. sieboldi have also one barbels pair); lower lip without keratinized edge; C. oguzelii well distinguished from C. sieboldi by small scales and its highest (72–82) total number; 11–13 scales rows below the lateral line (more than for all other compared Capoeta species of East and South-East Black Sea rivers); but only 7–10 (8.3) gill rakers (in comparison with previous); last unbranched dorsal-fin ray not well ossified (up to 20 %, Elp et al., 2018) with small serrae number, the similar to C. svanetica sp.nov. C. oguzelii is also characterized by small black spots presence.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Species is known only from Ezine Stream (Black Sea basin) in Turkey ( Elp et al., 2018).