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| Oxynoemacheilus isauricus Yoğurtçuoğlu, Kaya, Ozulug & Freyhof, 2021 |
Abstract
Oxynoemacheilus isauricus, new species, from the Lakes Beyşehir and Suğla basins in Central Anatolia is distinguished from all other species of the O. angorae group by having a very slender caudal peduncle (its depth 2.2–2.6 times in its length). The new species is further distinguished by having a short head (head length 21–24% SL), and a midlateral series of irregularly shaped blotches on the flank. Oxynoemacheilus isauricus is also distinguished by a minimum K2P sequence divergence of 7.5% and 8.0% in the mtDNA-COI barcode region from O. eregliensis and O. atili, its closest relatives.
Keywords: Pisces, Cytochrome oxidase I, Freshwater fish, Lake Beyşehir, Middle East, Taxonomy
Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu, Cüneyt Kaya, Müfit Ozulug and Jörg Freyhof. 2021. Oxynoemacheilus isauricus, A New Nemacheilid Loach from Central Anatolia (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Zootaxa. 4975(2); 369–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4975.2.7
