Ceyhan loach
📖 Overview
The Göksu at the type locality of the species has about 30 m width, substrate consisting of coarse gravel and boulders, and fast-running water .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal soft rays: 5. This species is distinguished from all congeners in the Middle East by the following combination of characters: more slender and longer caudal peduncle (caudal peduncle length 19.5-21.0 % SL vs. 17.7-19.0 in Turcinoemacheilus kosswigi); more anterior position of the anus, which is in the middle (or in front) of the distance between the pelvic-fin and the anal-fin origins (vs. behind the middle in T. hafezi and T. bahaii); very small size, up to 3.8 cm SL observed (vs. larger in all other species); and ten fixed nucleotide substitutions in the mtDNA COI barcode region studied, one of them non-silent and thus leading to an amino-acid change from isoleucine to valine .: elongated.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Ceyhan loach is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; demersal. Subtropical
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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