Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides (Erk'akan, Nalbant & Özeren, 2007): a junior synonym of Oxynoemacheilus angorae (Steindachner, 1897)
Erdoğan ÇIÇEK Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, 50300, Nevşehir, Turkey
Soheil EAGDERI Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
Sevil SUNGUR Health Services Vocational School, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, 50300, Nevşehir, Turkey
Abstract
Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides described from the Iznik Stream, Marmara basin, Turkey based on an awkward description. This study aimed to test the synonymy hypothesis of O. angorae and O. phoxinoides due to its uncomplete description and very low genetic distance of 0.2% with O. angorae. Morphometric and meristic characters of O. phoxinoides are largely overlapping or even identical with those of O. angorae, a species known from Sakarya basin. Oxynoemacheilus phoxinoides is treated as a junior synonym of O. angorae.
