A Critical Checklist of Turkish Freshwater Fishes (2026)
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2025
Yazarlar: Cüneyt Kaya, Fitnat Güler Ekmekçi, Davut Turan, Müfit Özuluğ, Fahrettin Küçük, Hasan Musa SARI, Ali İLHAN, Mahir Kanyılmaz, Mustafa Altuğ Atalay, Esra Bayçelebi, Vedat Yeğen, Fatih Gündüz, Gülşah Saç, Şerife Gülsün Kırankaya, Özcan Gaygusuz, Sadi Aksu, Şükran Yalçın Özdilek, Erhan Ünlü, Salim Serkan Güçlü, Derya Özcan, Turgay Türkyılmaz, Hüseyin Akbaş, Nazmi Polat, İskender Gülle, Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu
Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Uluslararası, Wos, 2025, cilt 26
DOI: 10.4194/trjfas29729
Özet
Türkiye, a key biogeographic bridge between Europe and Asia, has experienced major advances in taxonomic knowledge of its freshwater fishes, but existing faunal lists lag behind recent revisions. We present a revised checklist that compiles and standardises records using the latest IUCN assessments, published descriptions and revisions (to 2026), museum collections and expert-verified data. Unestablished introductions and strictly marine visitors were excluded. We recognise 390 freshwater fish species in 37 families, including 367 native species and 23 established non-native taxa, of which 202 natives (55%) are endemic to Türkiye. Species richness is concentrated in Leuciscidae (113 species), Nemacheilidae (59) and Cyprinidae (53), which together comprise 61.5% of the native fauna. At the catchment scale, total richness ranges from 11 species in the Van Basin to 65 in the Sakarya drainage, endemic richness was highest in Antalya (28 species) and non-native richness in the Sakarya drainage (10 species). The checklist provides updated nomenclature, distributions within Türkiye and standardised common names, establishing an agreed taxonomic baseline for biodiversity assessment, fisheries and conservation management.