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Issue: Vol. 3257 No. 1: 4 Apr. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-04-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3257.1.4
Page range: 56–65
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of a new species of genus Gobio from Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)

Rize University, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 53100 Rize, Turkey
Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus, 06800 Ankara, Turkey
Department of Ichthyology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology ASCR, v.v.i., Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
Department of Ichthyology, Institute of Vertebrate Biology ASCR, v.v.i., Květná 8, 603 65 Brno, Czech Republic
Fish Gobio sakaryaensis gudgeon Anatolia taxonomy

Abstract

Gobio sakaryaensis, a new species from the Tozman and the Porsuk streams of the Sakarya River drainage (northwesternAnatolia, Black Sea basin), is described. The species is distinguished from other gudgeons by a combination of the fol-lowing characters: breast completely scaled, scales approximately extending to isthmus; head length 27.2–30.0 % SL; 39–42 lateral line scales; 4–6 scales between anus and anal-fin origin; 6–8 scales between posterior extremity of pelvic-fin bases and anus. A key is provided for Gobio and Romanogobio species recorded from Turkey.

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