On the Fish Fauna of Lake İznik (Turkey)
Lake İznik, which is under the threat of pollution, has been subject to a very limited number of studies in terms of its fish fauna, and therefore the species living in the lake are not well known yet. It was demonstrated that 19 fish species inhabit Lake İznik: Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758), Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstadt, 1772), Barbus tauricus escherichi Steindachner, 1897, Capoeta tinca (Heckel, 1843), Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782), Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758, Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758), Rutilus frisii (Nordmann, 1840), Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758), Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758), Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758), Cobitis vardarensis Karaman, 1928, Nemacheilus angorae Steindachner, 1897, Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810, Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859, Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758, Salaria fluviatilis (Asso, 1801) and Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas, 1814). B. t. escherichi, C. tinca, C. gibelio, T. tinca and G. holbrooki were recorded for the first time from the lake. The diagnostic characteristics of these 5 species and Rutilus rutilus were studied and are given in detail.
On the Fish Fauna of Lake İznik (Turkey)
Lake İznik, which is under the threat of pollution, has been subject to a very limited number of studies in terms of its fish fauna, and therefore the species living in the lake are not well known yet. It was demonstrated that 19 fish species inhabit Lake İznik: Alburnus alburnus (Linnaeus, 1758), Alburnus chalcoides (Güldenstadt, 1772), Barbus tauricus escherichi Steindachner, 1897, Capoeta tinca (Heckel, 1843), Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782), Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758, Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus, 1758), Rutilus frisii (Nordmann, 1840), Rutilus rutilus (Linnaeus, 1758), Vimba vimba (Linnaeus, 1758), Tinca tinca (Linnaeus, 1758), Cobitis vardarensis Karaman, 1928, Nemacheilus angorae Steindachner, 1897, Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758, Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810, Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859, Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus, 1758, Salaria fluviatilis (Asso, 1801) and Proterorhinus marmoratus (Pallas, 1814). B. t. escherichi, C. tinca, C. gibelio, T. tinca and G. holbrooki were recorded for the first time from the lake. The diagnostic characteristics of these 5 species and Rutilus rutilus were studied and are given in detail.
___
- Aktan, Y. and Aykulu, G. 2001. İznik Gölü’nün kıyı bölgesi sedimanları üzerinde yaflayan alg toplulukları. İstanbul Üniversitesi Su Ürünleri Dergisi 12: 31-48.
- Altun, Ö. 1991. Küçükçekmece Gölü’nde yaflayan gümüflbalığı (Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810)’nın morfolojisi. Doğa - Tr. J. of Zoology 15: 64-75.
- Altun, Ö. 1999. Gümüflbalığı (Atherina boyeri Risso, 1810) populasyonlarında gözlemlenen morfolojik varyasyonlar. Tr. J. of Zoology 23: 911-918.
- Balık, S. 1979. Batı Anadolu Tatlısu Balıklarının Taksonomisi ve Ekolojik Özellikleri Üzerine Arafltırmalar. Ege Üniv. Fen Fak. İlmi Rap. Serisi, 236, İzmir.
- Banarescu, P. 1964. Fauna Republicii Populare Romine, Pisces- Osteichthyes, Vol. XIII, Bucuresti.
- Banister, K. 1986. Gasterosteidae. In: Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. (eds. P.J.P. Whitehead, M.L. Bauchot, J.C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese), 2, UNESCO, Paris, pp. 640-641.
- Battalgil, F. 1940. Eine neue Cyprinideart. İstanbul Üniv. Fen Fak. Mec. Seri B, 5: 74-77.
- Battalgil, F. 1941. Les poissons des eaux douces de la Turquie, İstanbul Üniv. Fen Fak. Mec. Seri B, 6 (1-2): 170-186.
- Battalgil, F. 1942. Contribution a la Connaissance des Poissons des Eaux Douces de la Turquie. İstanbul Üniv. Fen Fak. Mec. Seri B, 7 (1- 2): 287-306.
- Berg, L.S. 1949a. Freshwater Fishes of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries. 2, Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1964 (Translated from Russian), Jerusalem.
- Berg, L. S. 1949b. Freshwater Fishes of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries. 3, Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1964 (Translated from Russian), Jerusalem.
- Bogutskaya, N.G. 1997. Contribution to the knowledge of leuciscine fishes of Asia Minor. Part. 2. An annotated check-list of leuciscine fishes (Leuciscinae, Cyprinidae) of Turkey with descriptions of a new species and two new subspecies. Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst. 94: 161-186.
- Crivelli, A.J. and Dupont, F. 1987. Biometrical and biological features of Alburnus alburnus x Rutilus rubilio natural hybrids from Lake Mikri Prespa, Northern Greece. J. Fish Biol. 31: 721-733.
- Erkakan, F., Atalay-Ekmekçi, F.G. and Nalbant, T.T. 1999. A review of the genus Cobitis in Turkey (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Cobitidae). Hydrobiolgia 403:13-26.
- Eschmeyer, N.W. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences, 3 vols., San Francisco.
- Franz, S., Niessen, O.F., Çağatay, M.N., Ülgen, U.B., Schwark, L. and Brüchmann, C. 2003. Geological evolution and paleoseismology of Lake Iznik (Turkey) Preliminary results of a pilot study (Abstract). 3rdInternational Limnogeology Congress, 29 March - 2 April 2003, Tucson, Arizona.
- Geldiay, R. and Balık, S. 1996. Türkiye Tatlısu Balıkları. Ege Üniversitesi Basımevi, İzmir.
- İnandık, H. 1965. Türkiye Gölleri. Baha Matbaası, İstanbul.
- Kosswig, C. 1939. Die Faunengeschichte des Mittel – und Schwarzen Meeres. Türk Fiz. Tabii İlimler Sosy. Yıllık Bild. Arflivi 1: 36-52.
- Kosswig, C. and Battalgil, F. 1943. Türkiye tatlı su balıklarının zoogeografik ehemmiyeti Türk Fiz. Tabii İlimler Sosy. Yıllık Bild. Arflivi 2: 18-31.
- Kottelat, M. 1997. European freshwater fishes. An heuristic checklist of the freshwater fishes of Europe (exclusive of former USSR), with an introduction for non-systematists and comments on nomenclature and conservation. Biologia 52: (Suppl. 5): 1–271.
- Kuru, M. 1996. İçsu balıkları. In: Türkiye Omurgalılar Tür Listesi (eds. A. Kence, C. C. Bilgin). Nurol Matbaacılık A.fi., Ankara, pp. 113- 128.
- Ladiges, W. 1960. Süsswasserfische der Türkei 1. Teil Cyprinidae. Mitt. hamb. zool. Mus. Inst. 58: 105-150.
- Ladiges, W. and Vogt, D. 1965. Die Süsswasserfische Europas. Verlag Paul Parey, Hamburg.
- Meriç, N. 1992. Büyükçekmece Baraj-Gölü balıkları üzerinde bir ön çalıflma. XI. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 24-27.06.1992, Hidrobiyoloji, Elazığ. pp. 167-174.
- Nümann, W. 1954. Yeni bir balık nev’înin Türk tatlısularına yerlefltirilmeleri maksadiyle yapılan tecrübeler. Hidrobiol. Mec. İ. Ü. Fen Fak. Hidrobiol. Arafl. Enst. Seri A, 2: 78-84.
- Nümann, W. 1958. Anadolunun Muhtelif Göllerinde Limnolojik ve Balıkçılık İlmi Bakımından Arafltırmalar ve Bu Göllerde Yaflayan Sazanlar Hakkında Özel Bir Etüd. İ. Ü. Fen Fak. Hidrobiol. Arafl. Enst Monografi 7, Fakülteler Matbaası, İstanbul.
- Özuluğ, M. 1999. A taxonomic study on the fish in the Basin of Büyükçekmece Dam Lake. Tr. J. of Zoology 23: 439-451.
- Özuluğ, M. and Meriç, N. 1997. Büyükçekmece Baraj-Gölü Balıkları Hakkında. XIII. Ulusal Biyoloji Kongresi, 17-20.09.1996, Hidrobiyoloji, Vol. 5, İstanbul, pp. 109-117.
- Özuluğ, M., Meriç, N. and Freyhof, J. 2004. The distribution of Carassius gibelio (Bloch, 1782) (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Thrace (Turkey). Zoology in the Middle East 31: 63-66.
- Rauchenberger, M. 1989. Systematics and biogeography of the genus Gambusia (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 2951: 1-74.
- Spillmann, C.J. 1961. Fauna de France, Poissons d’eau douce. 65, Editions Paul Lechevalier, Paris.
- Sözer, F. 1941. Les Gobiidés de la Turquie. İstanbul Üniv. Fen Fak. Mec. Seri B, 6: 128-169.
- Tortonese, E. 1970. Osteichthyes (Pesci Ossei) Parte Prima, Fauna d’Italia, 10. Office Grafiche Calderini, Bologna.
- Tortonese, E. 1975. Osteichthyes (Pesci Ossei). Parte Seconda, Fauna d’Italia, 11. Office Grafiche Calderini, Bologna.