Adana chub
| Adana chub | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Squalius |
| Species: | S. adanaensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Squalius adanaensis | |
The Adana chub (Squalius adanaensis) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related fishes. This species is endemic to the Seyhan River in southeastern Turkey.
Taxonomy
[edit]The Adana chub was first formally described in 2013 by Maurice Kottelat and Esra Doğan with its type locality given as the Üçürge Stream at Karaisalı in the Seyhan River drainage system in the Adana Province of Turkey.[2] The Adana chub belongs to the genus Squalius, commonly referred to as chubs, which belongs to the subfamily Leuciscinae of the family Leuciscidae.[3]
Etymology
[edit]The Adana chub belongs to the genus Squalius, this name was proposed by the French biologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1837 for a subgenus of the genus Leuciscus for the Italian chub (Squalius cephalus), inserting and additional "i" to prevent homonymy with the spurdog genus Squalus. In classical Latin the chub and the spurdog were homonyms as squalus. An alternative explanation was that the name is a latinisation of squaglio, a vernacular name for the Italian chub in Rome and its environs. The specific name, adanaensis, means "of Adana", referring to the type locality being in Adana Province.[4]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The Adana chub is endemic to the lower drainage basin of the Syehan River in Adana Province, Turkey. Here it is found in the lowlying reaches of rivers and streams. It is also found in the reservoirs of the Seyhan Dam but it probably migrates upstream into the rivers flwoing into the reservoir to breed.[1]
Conservation
[edit]The Adana chub is classified as Near Threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The threats to this species are pollution, water abstraction and damming.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Freyhof, J. (2014). "Squalius adanaensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T19452398A19849350. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T19452398A19849350.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Squalius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (8 April 2024). "Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 20 April 2025.