Description

Differs from its congeners with adult males of both have a completely black dorsal fin (vs. dorsal fin with a white or hyaline base in anatoliae, fontinalis, saldae, splendens, sureyanus, transgrediens or dorsal fin with white or hyaline blotches or bands above the dorsal-fin base in maeandricus, iconii, danfordii, marassantensis) and with a narrow black anal-fin margin (vs. wide margin or anal fin almost completely black) (Ref. 116528).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cyprinodontiformes

Family: Aphaniidae

Genus: Anatolichthys

Species: Anatolichthys meridionalis (Akşiray, 1948)

Climate Zone

Location

• Asia: Turkey.

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless