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Cobitis fahireae Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant, 1998

Küçük Menderes spined loach
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Turkey country information

Common names: Küçük Menderes spined loach, Taşyiyen balığı
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
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Aquaculture: | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: HUIC. Found in Küçük Menderes, Selçuk-Aydin; Aegean Sea watersheds (Ref. 106151). Status of threat: Critically Endangered (Ref. 58342). nEurTurk.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Erk'akan, F., F.G. Atalay-Ekmekçi and T.T. Nalbant, 1998
National Database: CLOMFOT

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Cobitidae (Spined loaches)
Etymology: Cobitis: Greek, kobitis, -idos = a kind of sardine; also related with the voice Greek, kobios, Latin gobius = gudgeon (Ref. 45335);  fahireae: Named in memory of one of the greatest ichthyologists of Turkey, Dr. Fahire Battalgil..
  More on authors: Erk'akan, Atalay-Ekmekçi & Nalbant.

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

Freshwater; benthopelagic.   Temperate

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Asia: Turkey.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94844)

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 2 - 3; Anal soft rays: 5. High and compressed body, with four Gambetta's pigmentary zones. Jet black caudal spot rounded and rather small. Mental lobes well prominent but not large (Ref. 41095).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Oviparous, possibly with distinct pairing during breeding similar to congeners (Ref. 205).

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Erk'akan, F., F.G. Atalay-Ekmekçi and T.T. Nalbant, 1998. Four new species and one new subspecies of the genus Cobitis (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Cobitidae) from Turkey. Turk. J. Zool. 22:9-15. (Ref. 41095)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 24 January 2013

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless




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Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00513 (0.00263 - 0.01000), b=3.09 (2.93 - 3.25), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.2   ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Assumed Fec < 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Low vulnerability (10 of 100).