Phoxinus kottelati, Baycelebi, 2025
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820439 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FEDE-FE94-28AB-FAD0FD05FD16 |
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Felipe |
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Phoxinus kottelati |
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Phoxinus kottelati View in CoL
Common name. Anatolian minnow.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Phoxinus in West Asia by: ● 77–90 total lateral line scales / ● caudal peduncle depth 2.3–2.9 times in length / ● middle of belly scaled but separated by a naked area anteriorly in male, absent in female / ○ no supraorbital ridge / ○ no depression behind nostrils. Size up to 70 mm SL, likely to grow larger.
Distribution. Lake Sapanca and Biga Peninsula. Also occurs east to Zonguldak in Anatolian western Black Sea.
Habitat. Small streams with clear, well-oxygenated water, over gravel to rocky bottoms.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. Not evaluated.
Remarks. See comments in P. abanticus
Further reading. Kottelat 2007 (diagnosis); Kottelat & Freyhof 2007 (biology, distribution); Özuluğ & Saç 2019 (distribution); Bayçelebi 2025 (description).
Phoxinus kottelati ; Lake Sapanca basin; male, ~ 55 mm SL.
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