Description

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Common Names

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Anatolian giant killifish , English , Turkey

Dislisazancik Baligi , English , UK

Anatoliankillinen , Finnish , Finland

Anatolienkärpfling , German , Germany

东方秘鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

東方祕鮰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Dişli sazancık balığı , Turkish , Turkey

Dislisazancik bali i , Turkish , Turkey

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Aphaniidae

Genus: Anatolichthys

Species: Anatolichthys anatoliae (Leidenfrost, 1912)

Climate Zone

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Temperate

Location

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Asia: endemic to Turkey.

Biology

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Requires clear, well-oxygenated and, if possible running, water. Is threatened due to pollution (Ref. 26100). 15 cm TL (Ref. 2059). Not a seasonal killifish (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

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benthopelagic