Beyşehir Nase
Chondrostoma beysehirense Bogutskaya, 1997
Also calledbeysehirinnokkasärki (fin) · ostroretka turecká (ces)
First described in: Bogutskaya, N. G. (1997). Chondrostoma beysehirense, a new cyprinid fish from Beysehir Lake, central Turkey. <em>Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters.</em> 8 (no. 2): 151-158.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
Habitat. Fast to moderately fast-flowing rivers and streams, often with dense submerged vegetation and gravel substrate. Biology. Feeds on periphyton scraped from hard substrate.
Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia
conservation
Conservation status. VU; restricted to a few tributaries of the lake. Probably also inhabited lake, but currently absent due to invasion by non-native species.
Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Chondrostoma in Central Anatolia and eastern Mediterranean basin by: ● body considerably compressed / ○ keels covered by scales on back in front of dorsal and on belly between pectoral and pelvic / ○ posterior scale margin markedly undulated / ○ 60 − 71 total lateral-line scales / ○ (6 – 7) 7 – 7 pharyngeal teeth / ○ 8 – 9 ½ branched dorsal rays / ○ 8 − 11 ½, usually 9 ½, branched anal rays / ○ 33 − 40 gill rakers / ○ thick cornified sheath covering lower lip. Size up to 251 mm SL.
Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia
materials_examined
Inland water: 34100 - 934 (4 spc.), 14.06.2006, Sarioez Stream, Beysehir, Konya, M. Oezulug, J. Freyhof.
A catalogue of the fishes held in the Istanbul University, Science Faculty, Hydrobiology Museum.
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Every page naming Chondrostoma beysehirense in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2360601.