Aphanius sureyanus

Aphanius burduricus, the Burdur toothcarp or Sureyan killifish, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae.

Aphanius sureyanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Cyprinodontidae
Genus: Aphanius
Species:
A. burduricus
Binomial name
Aphanius burduricus
(Neu, 1937)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyprinodon sureyanus Neu, 1937
  • Lebias sureyanus (Neu, 1937)
  • Aphanius burduricus Akşiray, 1948

The species is endemic to Lake Burdur in Turkey. It feeds mainly on an endemic copepod Arctodiaptomus burduricus. The toothcarp is threatened by the water loss of Lake Burdur due to the feeds into the lake being dammed, excessive water being taken from the lake, and a reduction in rainfall due to climate change. An increase in salinity levels further impacts the species.[1]

References
  1. Freyhof, J. (2014). "Aphanius burduricus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T1849A19006107. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T1849A19006107.en.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Aphanius sureyanus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.


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