Eğirdir minnow explained

The Eğirdir minnow or Handlirsch's minnow (Pseudophoxinus handlirschi) (in Turkish ciçek), is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It was endemic to Lake Eğirdir in Turkey, but is now considered extinct. It was earlier critically endangered due to predation by pike perch which had been introduced to the lake, but has not been found since 1980s and was therefore evaluated by IUCN as extinct in 2013.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Austrian entomologist Anton Handlirsch (1865–1935), who was Pietschmann’s colleague at the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Family LEUCISCIDAE: Subfamily LEUCISCINAE Bonaparte 1835 (European Minnows) . 15 December 2023 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.