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Onaç spring minnow

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Onaç spring minnow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Leuciscinae
Genus: Pseudophoxinus
Species:
P. ninae
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus ninae

The Onaç spring minnow (Pseudophoxinus ninae) is a species of cyprinid fish.[2] It is found in the Onaç drainage in Anatolia in Turkey.

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of in honor of Russian ichthyologist Nina G. Bogutskaya (b. 1958), the author of many papers on the Anatolian Pseudophoxinus and other leuciscids from the area.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus ninae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19449277A19849704. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19449277A19849704.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudophoxinus ninae". FishBase. October 2015 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 December 2023.