Gölçük toothcarp

Gölçük toothcarp
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Aphanius
Species: A. splendens
Binomial name
Aphanius splendens
(Kosswig & Sözer, 1945)
Synonyms

Anatolichthys splendens Kosswig & Sözer, 1945

The Gölçük toothcarp (Aphanius splendens) is an extinct species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinodontidae family. It was endemic to Lake Gölçük in Turkey. It became extinct due to the effects of fish introduced to the lake.

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