Biology:Pisidian spring minnow

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Pisidian spring minnow
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Pseudophoxinus
Species:
P. fahrettini
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus fahrettini
Freyhof & Özuluğ, 2010

The Pisidian spring minnow (Pseudophoxinus fahrettini) is a species of cyprinid fish.[2] It is found in Köprü River drainage in central Anatolia in Turkey.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Turkish zoologist Fahrettin Küçük, of the Süleyman Demirel University, because of his contribution to the knowledge of Central Anatolian fishes.[3]

References

  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus fahrettini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T19448841A19848592. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19448841A19848592.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19448841/19848592. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Pseudophoxinus fahrettini" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. "Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/leuciscinae/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5522775 entry