The first new cave fish species , Cobitis damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey

Volume: 42 Number: 2 June 1, 2014
  • Füsun Erkakan
  • Filiz Özdemir
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The first new cave fish species , Cobitis damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey

Abstract

The first new cave loach, Cobitis damlae, is caught from the Dalaman river drainage which is flowing in to the karstic plain of Western Turkey. There are caves, Keloğlan and Aslanini I and II in Dodurgalar province, con- nected with Dalaman river drainage c.a. 30 km. north of the catchment area. The new species probably passed through the surface water because of a heavy rain a week before we caught it. Cobitis damlae differs from its congeners by its mouth structure, fin rays formula, body without pigment, vestigial eyes.

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Füsun Erkakan This is me

Filiz Özdemir This is me

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Year 2014 Volume: 42 Number: 2

APA
Erkakan, F., & Özdemir, F. (2014). The first new cave fish species , Cobitis damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, 42(2), 275-279. https://izlik.org/JA98MU49ZK
AMA
1.Erkakan F, Özdemir F. The first new cave fish species , Cobitis damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey. HJBC. 2014;42(2):275-279. https://izlik.org/JA98MU49ZK
Chicago
Erkakan, Füsun, and Filiz Özdemir. 2014. “The First New Cave Fish Species , Cobitis Damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey”. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 42 (2): 275-79. https://izlik.org/JA98MU49ZK.
EndNote
Erkakan F, Özdemir F (June 1, 2014) The first new cave fish species , Cobitis damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 42 2 275–279.
IEEE
[1]F. Erkakan and F. Özdemir, “The first new cave fish species , Cobitis damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey”, HJBC, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 275–279, June 2014, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA98MU49ZK
ISNAD
Erkakan, Füsun - Özdemir, Filiz. “The First New Cave Fish Species , Cobitis Damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey”. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 42/2 (June 1, 2014): 275-279. https://izlik.org/JA98MU49ZK.
JAMA
1.Erkakan F, Özdemir F. The first new cave fish species , Cobitis damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey. HJBC. 2014;42:275–279.
MLA
Erkakan, Füsun, and Filiz Özdemir. “The First New Cave Fish Species , Cobitis Damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey”. Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2014, pp. 275-9, https://izlik.org/JA98MU49ZK.
Vancouver
1.Füsun Erkakan, Filiz Özdemir. The first new cave fish species , Cobitis damlae Teleostei: Cobitidae from Turkey. HJBC [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 1;42(2):275-9. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA98MU49ZK

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