A new species of pseudophoxinus (teleostei: Cyprinidae) from Southwestern Anatolia, Turkey


Guler Ekmekci F., Altu Atalay M., Yourtcuolu B., TURAN D., KÜÇÜK F.

Zootaxa, cilt.4033, sa.1, ss.117-128, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 4033 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.11646/zootaxa.4033.1.6
  • Dergi Adı: Zootaxa
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.117-128
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Cyprinidae, Pseudophoxinus mehmeti, Taxonomy, Western Anatolia
  • Isparta Uygulamalı Bilimler Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Pseudophoxinus mehmeti, new cyprinid species from the Alanköy basin in south-western Turkey, is distinguished from all species of Pseudophoxinus in adjacent regions by the combination of the following characters: body slender, its length 1.3-1.5 times its depth; caudal peduncle length 1.6-2.0 times its depth; mouth almost superior, with the tip of the mouth-cleft approximately level with the middle of the pupil; snout with a pointed tip, its length markedly greater than eye diam-eter; lateral line not complete, with 30-50 perforated scales and 48-60+2 scale rows in lateral series; 11=-13= scale rows between lateral line and dorsal-fin origin, 3=-5= scale rows between lateral line and anal-fin origin; dorsal-fin with 6=- 7= branched rays; anal-fin with 6=-7= branched rays; a distinct black epidermal stripe from eye to caudal-fin base in preserved individuals.