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
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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