Oxynoemacheilus ciceki, Sungur, Jalili & Eagderi, 2018

Freyhof, Jörg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 497

Oxynoemacheilus ciceki

Common name. Sultan loach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Oxynoemacheilus in Central Anatolia and rivers flowing to Bay of Antalya by: ● scales absent / ○ caudal–peduncle depth 1.1–2.2 times in caudal–peduncle length / ○ caudal slightly emarginate / ○ flank with roundish blotches in variable size, without bars / ○ a small median incision in upper lip / ○ pelvic axillary lobe very small or absent / ○ lateral line complete. Size up to 60 mm SL.

Distribution . Türkiye: Sultan marshes in Develi depression.

Habitat. Standing water of springs on gravel substrate.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. CR; see comments under Pseudophoxinus elizavetae .

Further reading. Sungur et al. 2018a (description); Soyubelli 2018 (biology); Çiçek & Sungur 2020 (conservation).

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Oxynoemacheilus ciceki

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