Cappadocian chub

Short description: Species of fish

Cappadocian chub

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Cyprinidae
Genus:  | Squalius
Species:  |

S. cappadocicus

Binomial name
Squalius cappadocicus

Freyhof & Özuluğ, 2011

The Cappadocian chub (Squalius cappadocicus) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. The species is endemic to the Melendiz River in Lake Tuz in Turkey,[2] and critically endangered.[1] It is considered harmless to humans.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Freyhof, J. (2014). "Squalius cappadocicus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2014: e.T19451241A19849516. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19451241A19849516.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/19451241/0. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Squalius cappadocicus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.

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