Eğirdir minnow
| Eğirdir minnow | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Genus: | Pseudophoxinus |
| Species: | †P. handlirschi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pseudophoxinus handlirschi (Pietschmann, 1933) | |
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The Eğirdir minnow or Handlirsch's minnow (Pseudophoxinus handlirschi) (in Turkish ciçek), is an extinct species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.[2] It was endemic to Lake Eğirdir in Turkey. It was earlier critically endangered due to predation by pike perch which had been introduced to the lake, but has not been found since 1980s and was therefore evaluated by IUCN as extinct in 2013.[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Austrian entomologist Anton Handlirsch (1865–1935), who was Pietschmann's colleague at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.[3]
References
- 1 2 Freyhof, J.; Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. (2026). "Pseudophoxinus handlirschi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2026 e.T40747A135096365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2026-1.RLTS.T40747A135096365.en.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudophoxinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
External links
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Pseudophoxinus handlirschi". FishBase.