Barbus anatolicus, a new barbel from the Kızılırmak and Yeşilırmak River drainages in northern Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) Author Turan, Davut Author Kaya, Cüneyt Author Geiger, Matthias Author Freyhof, Jörg text Zootaxa 2018 2018-08-23 4461 4 539 557 journal article 28964 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.4.5 dc6c8365-b07e-469c-ade9-f0596915fb4e 1175-5326 1460272 731C4539-95AA-4362-838A-4F80CFD44B5C Key to species of Barbus in the Middle East 1a 39–44 total vertebrae; small-sized fish reaching about 200 mm SL............................................... 2 1b 44–49 total vertebrae; large-sized fish reaching usually 300–500 mm SL.......................................... 5 2a Lower lip with a median lobe............................................................................. 3 2b Lower lip with a median swollen pad...................................................................... 4 3a 62–71 total lateral line scales; 6–8 gill rakers..................................................... B . niluferensis 3b 52–61 total lateral line scales; 8–11 gill rakers.................................................. B . pergamonensis 4a 69–87 lateral line scales........................................................................ B. miliaris 4b 50–66 lateral line scales...................................................... B. cyri / B. lacerta / B. karunensis 5a Lower lip with median lobe............................................................................. 6 5b Lower lip with median swollen pad....................................................................... 8 6a Flank plain-brown or with many minute dark-brown spots in adults...................................... B. rionicus 6b Flank, back and head with many irregularly shaped black or brown spots, often also with large, dark-brown blotches in juve- niles and adults........................................................................................ 7 7a Lateral line with 54–58 scales; anal fin longer in female than in male................................... B . escherichii 7b Lateral line with 58–71 scales; anal fin of equal length in female and in male............................. B. anatolicus 8a Head length 1.2–1.5 times in body depth; snout length 1.5–1.7 times interorbital distance.................... B . oligolepis 8a Head length 1.0–1.2 times body depth; snout length 1.4–1.5 times interorbital distance....................... B . tauricus