Chondrostoma fahirae, Tefenni minnow

Chondrostoma fahirae (Ladiges, 1960)

Tefenni minnow
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Chondrostoma: Greek, chondros = cartilage + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335). Name referring to the characteristic horny layer on the lower lip (Ref. 57917).
Eponymy: Dr Fahire Battalgil (1902–1948) was a Turkish ichthyologist and Turkey’s first female professor She used the name Battalgazi after 1943. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate

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Asia: Turkey, known only from Kirkpinar Spring near Tefenni.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 14.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12259); common length : 5.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 12259)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Freyhof, J. and M. Özuluğ, 2009. Pseudophoxinus evliyae, a new species of spring minnow from Western Anatolia with remarks on the distribution of P. ninae and the systematic position of P. fahirae (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 20(4):309-318. (Ref. 83419)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Endangered (EN) (B2ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v)); Date assessed: 05 March 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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