Sakarya Barb

Diagnosis: Distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: two pairs of barbels; snout bluntly rounded; 72-86 lateral line scales; 14-17 scales rows between lateral line and dorsal fin origin, 10-11 (modally 10) between lateral line and anal-fin origin; 16-22 gill rakers on the first gill arch; lower jaw slightly arched in males, straight in females; head length 21.9-24.8% SL; depth of caudal peduncle 9.5-12.3% SL; head width at posterior margin of eye 55.6-63.5% HL; snout depth at nostril 33.1-41.6% HL; length of anterior barbel 9.8-18.7% HL and posterior barbel 14.7-25.5% HL (Ref. 57640).

Vertebrae: 43 - 44

Inhabits slowly flowing water, with cobbles and pebbles bottom; also in lakes and reservoirs. Collected with Alburnoides bipunctatus, Barbus sp., Barbatula angorae, Capoeta sieboldi, Chalcalburnus chalcoides, Squalius cf. orientalis, and Oxynoemacheilus cf. banarescui. Spawns in May and June in central Anatolia. Reported sexual maturity at 2 years for males, 3 for females; reaches 42.8 cm FL, 1,178 g and 10 years (Ref. 57640).(Ref. 57640).

Inhabits slowly flowing water, with cobbles and pebbles bottom; also in lakes and reservoirs. Spawns in May and June in central Anatolia. Reported sexual maturity at 2 years for males, 3 for females; reaches 42.8 cm FL, 1,178 g and 10 years (Ref. 57640).