On the Fish Fauna of Lake İznik (Turkey)

Authors : Müfit ÖZULUĞ, Ömer ALTUN, Nurettin MERİÇ

Pages : 371-375

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Lake İznik, which is under the threat of pollution, has been subject to a very limited number of studies in terms of its fish fauna, and therefore the species living in the lake are not well known yet. It was demonstrated that 19 fish species inhabit Lake İznik: Alburnus alburnus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);, Alburnus chalcoides insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Güldenstadt, 1772);, Barbus tauricus escherichi Steindachner, 1897, Capoeta tinca insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Heckel, 1843);, Carassius gibelio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Bloch, 1782);, Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758, Leuciscus cephalus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);, Rutilus frisii insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Nordmann, 1840);, Rutilus rutilus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);, Vimba vimba insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);, Tinca tinca insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Linnaeus, 1758);, Cobitis vardarensis Karaman, 1928, Nemacheilus angorae Steindachner, 1897, Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810, Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859, Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758, Salaria fluviatilis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Asso, 1801); and Proterorhinus marmoratus insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Pallas, 1814);. B. t. escherichi, C. tinca, C. gibelio, T. tinca and G. holbrooki were recorded for the first time from the lake. The diagnostic characteristics of these 5 species and Rutilus rutilus were studied and are given in detail.
Keywords : Fauna, Fish, First records, Lake, İznik, Turkey