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Anatolichthys irregularis (Yoğurtçuoğlu & Freyhof, 2018) |
| Family: | Aphaniidae (Oriental killifishes) | |||
| Max. size: | 4.2 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Turkey. | |||
| Diagnosis: | This species is distinguished by the following characters: males differ from other species of the A. anatoliae group by having irregularly set and shaped dark-brown flank-bars often fused to each other, forming rows of vertically elongated silvery blotches and many small silvery spots or fields of small vermiculation, disconnected from silvery bar interspaces on flank; males differs from males of some other species of the A. anatoliae group by having a wide, dusty grey or black anal-fin margin, often interrupted in small individuals; a narrow, white stripe or a series of white spots on the black dorsal-fin base; and usually some white blotches in the middle of the dorsal fin; females are distinguished by having a vermiculate brown colour pattern, usually with a mid-lateral series of short stripes (Ref. 126374). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||