Pseudophoxinus battalgilae

Pseudophoxinus battalgilae, also known as the Beysehir minnow or Tuz Lake spring minnow, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the daces, Eurasian minnows and related species.^[2] It is found in Lake Beyşehir and Lake Tuz in Central Anatolia, Turkey.^[3]

Pseudophoxinus battalgilae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Leuciscidae
Genus:	Pseudophoxinus
Species:	P. battalgilae
Binomial name
Pseudophoxinus battalgilae Bogutskaya, 1997
Synonyms[2]
Pseudophoxinus battalgili Bogutskaya, 1997

Its natural habitat is freshwater lakes.^[3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Turkish ichthyologist Fahire Battalgil (1902–1948), who in the authors words "contributed considerably to the knowledge of Turkish freshwater fishes”.^[4]