The Fish Fauna of the Büyük Menderes River (Turkey): Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Features

Year 2013, Volume: 13 Issue: 4, - , 01.08.2013

Salim Serkan Güçlü Fahrettin Küçük Ömer Osman Ertan Zekiye Güçlü

https://doi.org/10.4194/1303-2712-v13_4_14

Abstract

In order to establish the taxonomic and zoogeographic features of the fish fauna of the Büyük Menderes River basin, fish samples were collected using electrofishing equipment, gill nets, trammel nets, seine nets and cast nets from 2010 to 2011. Among the samples, 34 (19 endemic and 6 non-native species) species belonging to 13 families were identified. The most dominant family in the river and its branches is the Cyprinidae with 20 species. Rhodeus amarus, Büyük Menderes River has been reported for the first time.

Keywords

Anatolia, Great Meander River, ichthyofauna, endemic, non-native. Büyük Menderes Nehri (Türkiye) Balık Faunası: Taksonomik ve Zoocoğrafik Özellikler

The Fish Fauna of the Büyük Menderes River (Turkey): Taxonomic and Zoogeographic Features

Abstract

Büyük Menderes Nehri balık faunasının taksonomik ve zoocoğrafik özelliklerinin belirlenmesi amacıyla 2010-2011 yılları arasında yapılan bu çalışmada balık örneklemeleri; elektroşoker cihazı, solungaç ağları, uzatma ağlar, ığrıp ve serpme ağı kullanılarak yapılmıştır. Örneklemeler sonucunda 13 familyaya ait 34 (19 endemik ve 6 yabancı tür) takson belirlenmiştir. Nehir ve kollarında en baskın familyanın 20 takson ile Cyprinidae familyası olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Rhodeus amarus, Büyük Menderes Nehri’nden ilk defa bildirilmiştir.

Keywords

Anadolu, Büyük Menderes Nehri, ihtiyofauna, endemik, yabancı tür.

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