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Ceyhan spring minnow
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Cyprinidae
Subfamily:	Leuciscinae
Genus:	Pseudophoxinus
Species:	P. zekayi
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus zekayi Bogutskaya, Küçük & Atalay, 2006

The Ceyhan spring minnow (Pseudophoxinus zekayi) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the Ceyhan River drainage in Turkey.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Zekay Atalay.

References

1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus zekayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19449290A19849749. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19449290A19849749.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudophoxinus zekayi". 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.

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• Pseudophoxinus
• Endemic fauna of Turkey
• Taxa named by Nina Gidalevna Bogutskaya
• Taxa named by Fahrettin Küçük
• Taxa named by Mustafa Altuğ Atalay
• Fish described in 2006
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