Luciobarbus kottelati, a new species of barbel (Teleostei : Cyprinidae) from the Buyuk Menderes River, Turkey, with rediagnose of L-lydianus

TURAN D., EKMEKÇİ F. G., İLHAN A., ENGIN S.

ZOOTAXA, no.1824, pp.35-44, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: Issue: 1824
  • Publication Date: 2008
  • Doi Number: 10.11646/zootaxa.1824.1.4
  • Journal Name: ZOOTAXA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.35-44
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Luciobarbus kottelati, new species, is described from the River Buyuk Menderes, Aegean Sea drainage, Turkey. It is distinguished from all other species of Luciobarbus in Europe and western Anatolia by the pelvic-fin origin markedly in front of the dorsal-fin origin (vs. behind). Luciobarbus lydianus, considered to be a synonym of L. pectoralis by most recent authors is a valid species and is rediagnosed.