Main Ref. | Turan, D., F.G. Ekmekçi, A. Ilhan and S. Engin, 2008 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks | Male possess tubercles on snout during spawning period. |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Can be separated from all congeners in Anatolia and Europe by the position of the dorsal-fin origin conspicuously behind the pelvic-fin origin (vs. directly above or very slightly behind) and by possessing 43-46 total lateral line scales (vs. 50-90 in all others, except Luciobarbus lydianus and Luciobarbus graecus). Additional characters useful to identify this species include: 14-15, modally 15, gill rakers on the first gill arch; lips thin; lower lip with a swollen median pad margined by a shallow groove in some specimens; last simple ray of the dorsal fin well ossified, with moderate serrae along posterior edge (Ref. 77060). Description: dorsal fin with 4 simple and 8 branched rays, anal fin with 3 simple and 5 branched rays; pectoral fin with 17-19 branched rays; and pelvic fin with 1 simple and 8 branched rays (Ref. 77060). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 43 - 46 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | 7 - 8 |
Scale rows below lateral line | 5 - 6 |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | 14 - 15 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 41 - 43 |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 12 - 12 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | forked |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 17 - 19 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 9 - 9 |