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Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2017, Vol 17, Num, 1     (Pages: 205-208)

New Records of Kızılırmak Toothcarp, Aphanius marassantensis from Central Yeşilırmak River Basin (Turkey).

Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu 1 ,Fitnat Güler Ekmekçi 1

1 Hacettepe University,Faculty of Science, Biology Department.,Beytepe Campus, Çankaya, Ankara DOI : 10.4194/1303-2712-v17_1_22 Viewed : 4071 - Downloaded : 3898 New records of Aphaniusmarassantensis were given for Yeşilırmak River Basin in this note. The species was originally described from Kızılırmak River Basin and was accordingly named as Kızılırmaktoothcarp. Its occurrence in Yeşilırmak has once been mentioned for the delta area but not verified. In this study,a population of A. marassantensis was reported from the inner central part of the Yeşilırmak River Basin. Keywords : Distribution range, endemic fish, Çorum, fish fauna, species diversity