Pseudophoxinus maeandricus

Pseudophoxinus maeandricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pseudophoxinus
Species: P. maeandricus
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus maeandricus
(Ladiges, 1960)

Pseudophoxinus maeandricus is a species of fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. It is endemic to Turkey, where it is known only from an area near Sandıklı. Its common name is Sandıklı spring minnow.[1]

This fish reaches up to about 7.9 centimeters in length.[2] It lives in streams and marshes with thick vegetation. It is considered to be a critically endangered species due to habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Freyhof, J. 2014. Pseudophoxinus maeandricus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 04 April 2015.
  2. Froese, R. and D. Pauly, editors. Pseudophoxinus maeandricus. FishBase. 2015.
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