Eğirdir minnow

Pseudophoxinus handlirschi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Genus: Pseudophoxinus
Species: P. handlirschi
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus handlirschi
(Pietschmann, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Oreoleuciscus handlirschi (Pietschmann, 1933)
  • Phoxinellus handlirschi (Pietschmann, 1933)

Pseudophoxinus handlirschi or the Eğirdir minnow (in Turkish ciçek), is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family. It was endemic to Lake Eğirdir in Turkey, but is now considered extinct. It was earlier critically endangered due to predation by pikeperch which had been introduced to the lake, but has not been found since 1980s and was therefore evaluated by IUCN as extinct in 2013.[1]

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