Eğirdir minnow
Species of fish
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The Eğirdir minnow or Handlirsch's minnow (Pseudophoxinus handlirschi) (in Turkish ciçek), is an extinct species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae.[2] It was endemic to Lake Eğirdir in Turkey. 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.[1]
| Eğirdir minnow | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Genus: | Pseudophoxinus |
| Species: | †P. handlirschi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pseudophoxinus handlirschi (Pietschmann, 1933) | |
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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.[3]
