Pseudophoxinus maeandri (Ladiges, 1960)

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 381

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820491
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scientific name	Pseudophoxinus maeandri
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Pseudophoxinus maeandri View in CoL View Figure

Common name. Apamean spring minnow.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Pseudophoxinus in Western Anatolia by: ○ 41–46+2–3 scales in lateral series / ○ lateral line incomplete with 19–27 perforated scales / ○ mouth terminal or slightly subterminal / ○ flank without or with indistinct, brown mid-lateral stripe. Size up to 57 mm SL.

Distribution View Figure . Türkiye: Lake Işıklı basin.

Habitat. Densely vegetated springs and lakes.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range.

Further reading. Bogutskaya 1992 (revision); Freyhof & Özuluğ 2006 (description); Küçük et al. 2013 (distribution).