Egirdira

Egirdira is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Leuciscinae, its only species is Egirdira nigra, or the yag baligi, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.[3] It is found only in Turkey, in tributaries of Lake Egridir in Central Anatolia. It is considered critically endangered (CR).[1]

Egirdira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Egirdira
Freyhof, 2022
Species:
E. nigra
Binomial name
Egirdira nigra
(Kosswig, & Geldiay, 1952)[2]
Synonyms
  • Phoxinellus egridiri M. S. Karaman (sr), 1972
  • Pseudophoxinus egridiri (M. S. Karaman, 1972)
  • Pararhodeus niger Kosswig, & Geldiay, 1952

References
  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus egridiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T39281A19006956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T39281A19006956.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Egirdira". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pseudophoxinus egridiri" in FishBase. October 2015 version.


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