TY  - JOUR
TI  - Capoeta kosswigi Karaman, 1969 a junior synonym of Capoeta damascina (Valenciennes, 1842) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
AB  - Capoeta kosswigi was described from Lake Van basin, Turkey, being close to C. damascina and C. umbla. It is distinguishedfrom them by a pointed snout and a small horseshoe-shaped mouth, and differing from C. damascina by having smaller scales, and fromthe C. umbla by processing larger scales. In this study, we tested the suggested synonymy hypothesis of C. kosswigi and C. damascinaby comparing the morphometric and meristic data. The results revealed that all morphometric and meristic characters of C. kosswigioverlap with those of C. damascina. In line with previous molecular studies that COI, cytb and 16S rDNA genes of C. kosswigi andC. damascina are identical, therefore, without having any diagnostic characters, we treat C. kosswigi as a junior synonym of C. damascina.
AU  - SUNGUR, SEVIL
AU  - EAGDERI, Soheil
AU  - seçer, burak
AU  - CICEK, ERDOGAN
DO  - 10.3906/zoo-2012-36
PY  - 2021
JO  - Turkish Journal of Zoology
VL  - 45
IS  - 3
SN  - 1300-0179
SP  - 235
EP  - 240
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/438518
ER  -