Pseudophoxinus battalgilae

Pseudophoxinus battalgilae, also known as the Beysehir minnow or Tuz Lake spring minnow, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in Lake Beyşehir and Lake Tuz in Central Anatolia, Turkey.[2]

Pseudophoxinus battalgilae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pseudophoxinus
Species:
P. battalgilae
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus battalgilae
Synonyms

Pseudophoxinus battalgili Bogutskaya, 1997

Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.[2]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Turkish ichthyologist Fahire Battalgil (1902–1948), who in the authors words "contributed considerably to the knowledge of Turkish freshwater fishes”.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus battalgili". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T60747A19007873. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T60747A19007873.en. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudophoxinus battalgilae". FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family COBITIDAE Swainson 1838 (Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2023.