Egirdira

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Egirdira
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Leuciscidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Egirdira
Freyhof, 2022
Species:
E. nigra
Binomial name
Egirdira nigra
(Kosswig, & Geldiay, 1952) [2]
Synonyms [2]
  • Phoxinellus egridiri M. S. Karaman (sr), 1972
  • Pseudophoxinus egridiri (M. S. Karaman, 1972)
  • Pararhodeus niger Kosswig & Geldiay, 1952

Egirdira is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Leuciscinae of the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species. [3] Its only species is Egirdira nigra, or the yag baligi. [4] It is found only in Turkey, in tributaries of Lake Egridir in Central Anatolia. It is considered an Endangered species (EN) since 2013, an improvement from Critically Endangered (CR) which was the status between 1996 and 2006. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus egridiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2014 e.T39281A19006956. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T39281A19006956.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Egirdira". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudophoxinus egridiri". FishBase . October 2015 version.
  4. ↑ Jörg Freyhof (1 Mar 2022). "Egirdira, a new generic name for Pararhodeus niger Kosswig & Geldiay, 1952 (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)". Zootaxa. 5104 (4): 586–592. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.8. PMID   35391017.


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