| Turan's minnow | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Genus: | Pseudophoxinus |
| Species: | P. turani |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudophoxinus turani Küçük & Güçlü, 2014 | |
Turan's minnow (Pseudophoxinus turani) is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Incesu Spring in the Orontes River drainage in Turkey.[1]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Turkish ichthyologist Davut Turan, because of his contributions to the knowledge of the fishes of Anatolia.[2]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudophoxinus turani" in FishBase. October 2015 version.
- ↑ 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.
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