Phoxinus kottelati, Baycelebi, 2025
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FEDE-FE95-28AB-FAD0FBB7F904 |
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Felipe |
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Phoxinus kottelati |
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Phoxinus kottelati View in CoL View Figure
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 View Figure . 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).
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