Pseudophoxinus maeandricus

Common name. Sandıklı spring minnow.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Pseudophoxinus in Western Anatolia by: ● lateral line complete / ○ 60–65+2 scales in lateral series / ○ mouth slightly subterminal/ ○ flank without mid-lateral stripe. Size up to 100 mm SL.

Distribution . Türkiye: Karadirek near Sandıklı, an isolated basin flowing underground to Işıklı.

Habitat. Streams among dense vegetation.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. CR; known only from one small stream under pressure from many threats.

Remarks. After being described from the Işıklı spring, this species was never recorded from there again. There was probably a mistake in labelling of collections.

Further reading. Bogutskaya 1992 (revision, distribution); Küçük et al. 2013 (distribution).