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Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the morphological variation between seven populations of Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis inhabiting three basins of Turkish inland waters. For this purpose, a total of 71 specimens were collected from Yildizeli, Taşköprü, Suşehri rivers (Kizilirmak basin), Büyükpotuklu, Pinarbaşi and Örenşehir rivers (Seyhan basin) and Akdağmadeni River (Yesilirmak basin). A total of 31 morphometric characteristics were measured. After standardization, data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and Duncan, Kruskal-Wallis tests, principal component analysis (PCA), canonical variate analysis (CVA), non-parametric MANOVA and cluster analysis. The results showed significant differences in 26 traits between the studied populations of O. seyhanensis (P<0.05) revealing a high morphological flexibility of this deep-bodied species.

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Deep-bodied loach Turkish inland waters Kizilirmak basin Morphometric.

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Sevil SUNGUR, Vocational School of Health Services, Nevsehir Hacı Bektas Veli University, Nevsehir, Turkey

Burak SEÇER1, Atta MOULUDİ-SALEH2, Soheil EAGDERİ*

 

1Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Science, Nevsehir Hacı Bektas Veli University, Nevsehir, Turkey.

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SEÇER, B., MOULUDI-SALEH, A., EAGDERI, soheil, ÇİÇEK, E., & SUNGUR, S. (2020). Morphological flexibility of Oxynoemacheilus seyhanensis in different habitats of Turkish inland waters: A case of error in describing a poulations as distinct species. Iranian Journal of Ichthyology, 7(3), 258–264. Retrieved from http://ijichthyol.org/index.php/iji/article/view/7-3-7

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