Turkey
Checklist of Endemic Freshwater Fish Species
This list of freshwater fish species found exclusively in Turkey is based on the taxonomy used in FishBase 2004 (2004). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
FishBase 2004: a global information system on fishes. DVD. WorldFish Center - Philippine Office, Los Banos, Philippines. Published in May 2004.
The current version of this electronic database is accessible here.
OC = a FishBase occurrence record suggests a specimen from another country outside normal stated range ( these vary widely in reliability from obvious misidentifications to being almost certainly correct)
Barbatula pulsiz (Balitoridae)
Orthrias araxensis (Balitoridae)
Orthrias euphraticus (Balitoridae)
Orthrias tschaiyssuensis (Balitoridae)
Schistura chrysicristinae (Balitoridae)
Seminemacheilus lendlii OC (Balitoridae) Anatolian Loach
Cobitis bilseli (Cobitidae)
Cobitis fahirae (Cobitidae)
Cobitis kellei (Cobitidae)
Cobitis puncticulata (Cobitidae)
Cobitis simplicispina (Cobitidae)
Cobitis splendens (Cobitidae)
Acanthobrama mirabilis (Cyprinidae)
Alburnus akili (Cyprinidae)
Alburnus baliki (Cyprinidae)
Alburnus escherichii (Cyprinidae)
Alburnus heckeli OC (Cyprinidae)
Alburnus nasreddini (Cyprinidae)
Alburnus tarichi (Cyprinidae) Tarek
Barbus chantrei OC (Cyprinidae)
Barbus lorteti (Cyprinidae)
Capoeta antalyensis (Cyprinidae)
Capoeta pestai (Cyprinidae)
Capoeta tinca (Cyprinidae) Anatolian Khramulya
Chondrostoma angorense OC (Cyprinidae)
Chondrostoma beysehirense (Cyprinidae)
Chondrostoma holmwoodii (Cyprinidae)
Chondrostoma meandrense (Cyprinidae)
Crossocheilus klatti (Cyprinidae) Isparta Minnow
Gobio hettitorum (Cyprinidae)
Hemigrammocapoeta kemali OC (Cyprinidae)
Leuciscus cephaloides (Cyprinidae)
Leuciscus kurui (Cyprinidae)
Leuciscus smyrnaeus (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus anatolicus (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus antalyae (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus battalgili (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus crassus (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus egridiri (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus fahirae (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus handlirschi (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus maeandri (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus maeandricus (Cyprinidae)
Aphanius anatoliae (Cyprinodontidae) Anatolian Killifish
Aphanius asquamatus (Cyprinodontidae) Scaleless Killifish
Aphanius burdurensis (Cyprinodontidae) Burdur Killifish
Aphanius chantrei OC (Cyprinodontidae) Kizilirmak Killifish
Aphanius danfordi (Cyprinodontidae)
Knipowitschia ephesi (Gobiidae)
Knipowitschia mermere (Gobiidae)
Lampetra lanceolata (Petromyzontidae) Turkish Brook Lamprey
Salmo platycephalus (Salmonidae) Flathead Trout
Additional endemic freshwater fish species that were not included in FishBase 2004 are given below. This list is primarily based on information from the 13 March 2009 version of the Catalog of Fishes database (current version here) and includes species described through 2008. In addition to the 52 endemic freshwater fish species listed above, these additional 47 species total 99 species of freshwater fishes known solely from Turkey.
Barbatula bergamensis (Balitoridae) 2007
Barbatula cinica (Balitoridae) 2007
Barbatula erdali (Balitoridae) 2007
Barbatula germencica (Balitoridae) 2007
Barbatula kosswigi (Balitoridae)
Barbatula mediterraneus (Balitoridae) 2007
Barbatula paucilepis (Balitoridae) 2007
Barbatula phoxinoides (Balitoridae) 2007
Barbatula seyhanensis (Balitoridae)
Oxynoemacheilus anatolica (Balitoridae) 2008
Oxynoemacheilus banarescui (Balitoridae)
Oxynoemacheilus eregliensis (Balitoridae)
Oxynoemacheilus kaynaki (Balitoridae) 2008
Oxynoemacheilus simavicus (Balitoridae)
Schistura ceyhanensis (Balitoridae) 2007
Schistura evreni (Balitoridae) 2007
Schistura samantica (Balitoridae)
Schistura seyhanicola (Balitoridae) 2007
Seminemacheilus ispartensis (Balitoridae) 2007
Cobitis evreni (Cobitidae) 2008
Alburnus attalus (Cyprinidae) 2007
Alburnus battalgilae (Cyprinidae) 2007
Alburnus demiri (Cyprinidae) 2007
Barbus oligolepis (Cyprinidae)
Capoeta angorae (Cyprinidae)
Capoeta baliki (Cyprinidae) 2006
Capoeta bergamae (Cyprinidae)
Capoeta ekmekciae (Cyprinidae) 2006
Capoeta erhani (Cyprinidae) 2008
Capoeta kosswigi (Cyprinidae)
Capoeta turani (Cyprinidae) 2008
Crossocheilus caudomaculatus (Cyprinidae)
Gobio battalgilae (Cyprinidae) 2006
Gobio maeandricus (Cyprinidae) 2006
Ladigesocypris mermere (Cyprinidae)
Leuciscus anatolicus (Cyprinidae)
Luciobarbus kottelati (Cyprinidae) 2008
Luciobarbus lydianus (Cyprinidae)
Pseudophoxinus alii (Cyprinidae) 2007
Pseudophoxinus elizavetae (Cyprinidae) 2006
Pseudophoxinus firati (Cyprinidae) 2006
Pseudophoxinus ninae (Cyprinidae) 2006
Pseudophoxinus zekayi (Cyprinidae) 2006
Scardinius elmaliensis (Cyprinidae)
Aphanius villwocki (Cyprinodontidae) 2003
Neogobius rizensis (Gobiidae) 2008
Neogobius turani (Gobiidae) 2008