Research Article
New record of three freshwater fish species from a western drainage of Lake Urmia for the Turkish fauna
Abstract
In the scope of this study, three freshwater fish species were newly recorded for Turkey from a western drainage of Lake Urmia: Alburnoides petrubanarescui, Alburnus atropatenae and Oxynoemacheilus elsae. All of them were found in headwaters of Nazli-chay River in the basin of the hypersaline Lake Urmia. The Lake is fed by many small springs and thirteen permanent rivers. However, it is still seriously threatened and drying up rapidly. In the previous studies, the existence of a stream in the western part of the Urmia Lake within border of Turkey was not mentioned.
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Thanks
I would like to thank Cevdet Kaya and Safter Demir (Bitlis) for their help in the fieldwork, Esra Bayçelebi (Rize) for her help in laboratory and Hazel Baytaşoğlu (Rize) for producing the map. Many tanks to Jörg Freyhof (Berlin) and Davut Turan (Rize) for their remarkable comments to the earlier version of the manuscript. I also would like to thank to Ayşe Demirbaş and Utku Avcı (Rize) for improving the language of the manuscript, and Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu (Ankara) editing the pictures. Fish collections were approved and granted by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock, General Directorate of Fisheries and Aquaculture (codes for the protocols: 67852565-140.03.03-E.4052273 and 76000869-804.01-00000919222). All applicable international, national or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed.
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Year 2020,
Volume: 37 Issue: 4, 325 - 328, 15.12.2020
Abstract
Bu çalışma kapsamında, Urmia Gölü’nün batı drenajından Türkiye için üç yeni tatlı su balığı türü bildirilmişir: Alburnoides petrubanarescui, Alburnus atropatenae ve Oxynoemacheilus elsae. Bu türlerin hepsi yüksek tuzluluğa sahip Urmia Gölü havzasındaki Nazlı Çay'ın membalarında tespit edilmiştir. Bu göl, birçok küçük su kaynağı ve 13 devamlı nehir ile beslenmektedir. Ama yine de ciddi tehdit altındadır ve hızla kurumaktadır. Daha önceki çalışmalarda, Urmiye Gölü havzasının batı kesiminde Türkiye sınırları içerisinde ki akarsuların mevcudiyetinden bahsedilmemiştir.
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References
- Bogutskaya, N.G. & Coad, B.W. (2009). A review of vertebral and fin-ray counts in the genus Alburnoides (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) with a description of six new species. Zoosystematica Rossica, 18, 126-173.
- Eagderi, S., Jalili, P. & Çiçek, E. (2018). Oxynoemacheilus elsae, a new species from the Urmia Lake basin of Iran (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). FishTaxa, 3, 453-459.
- Eagderi, S., Nikmehr, N., Çiçek, E., Esmaeili, H.R., Vatandoust, S. & Mousavi-Sabet, H. (2019). Barbus urmianus a new species from Urmia Lake basin, Iran (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). International Journal of Aquatic Biology, 7, 239-244. DOI: 10.22034/ijab.v7i4.725
- Eimanifar, A. & Mohebbi, F. (2007). Urmia Lake (Northwest Iran): a brief review. Saline Systems, 3, 1-8. DOI: 10.1186/1746-1448-3-5
- Ghasemi, H., Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Eagderi, S., Abbasi, K., Vatandoust, S. & Esmaeili H.R. (2015). Ichthyofauna of Urmia basin: Taxonomic diversity, distribution and conservation. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 2, 177-193.
- IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) 2020. IUCN Red List of threatened species. Version 2014.3. Retrieved from http://www.iucnredlist.org (20 January 2020).
- Jouladeh-Roudbar, A., Ghanavi, H.R. & Doadrio, I. (2020). Ichthyofauna from Iranian freshwater: Annotated checklist, diagnosis, taxonomy, distribution and conservation assessment. Zoological Studies, 59, 0d (in press).
- Kaya, C., Turan, D. & Ünlü, E. (2016). The latest status and distribution of fishes in upper Tigris River and two new records for Turkish freshwaters. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 16, 545-562. DOI: 10.4194/1303-2712-v16_3_07
- Kaya, C., Bayçelebi, E. & Turan, D. (2020). Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 96(2), 325-344. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.52241
- Kelle, A. (1978). Dicle Nehri ve kollarında yaşayan balıklar üzerine taksonomik ve ekolojik araştırmalar. PhD, Diyarbakır Üniversitesi, Tıp Fakültesi Biyoloji Kürsüsü, Diyarbakır, Turkiye (in Turkish).
- Kelts, K. & Shahrabi, M. (1986). Holocene sedimentalogy of hypersaline Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology, 54, 105-130. DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(86)90120-3
- Khaefi, R., Esmaeili, H.R., Geiger, M.F. & Eagderi, S. (2017). Taxonomic review of the cryptic Barbus lacerta species group with description of a new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). FishTaxa, 2(2), 90-115.
- Kuru, M. (1975). Dicle-Fırat, Kura-Aras, Van Gölü Karadeniz havzası tatlısularında yaşayan balıkların (Pisces) sistematik ve zoocoğrafik yönden incelenmesi. Doçentlik Tezi [Assoc. Prof. dissertation]. Atatürk Üniversitesi, Fen Fakültesi, Erzurum, Turkey (in Turkish).
- Stevens, L.R., Djamali, M., Andrieu-Ponel, V. & de Beaulieu, J.L. (2012). Hydroclimatic variations over the last two glacial/interglacial cycles at Urmia Lake, Iran. Journal of Paleolimnology, 47(4), 645-660. DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9588-3
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | Zoology, Conservation and Biodiversity |
| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | December 15, 2020 |
| Submission Date | March 11, 2020 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2020Volume: 37 Issue: 4 |