Alburnus akili Battalgil, 1942
Beyşehir bleak, Gokce baligi
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Crivelli, 2006; Küçük, 2012; Freyhof, 2014a,b; Freyhof et al., 2025; Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2026)
Last record (disputed): 1950's or later (Freyhof, 2014a,b; Freyhof & Yoğurtçuoğlu, 2026); 1985 (Anonymous, 1986; Freyhof et al., 2025); 1998 (Crivelli, 2006)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution & Habitat
Lake Beysehir, central Anatolia, Turkey
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
ESFM-PISI/ 1978-06
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Battalgil, F. (1942). Turkiye tatli su baliklari hakkinda. Contribution a la connaissance des poissons des eaux douces de la Turquie. Revue de la Faculte des Sciences de l'Universite d'Instanbul, Serie B: Sciences Naturelles 7: 287-306.
Other references:
Anonymous. (1986). Beyşehir Gölü’nün Limnolojik Özelliklerinin Araştırılması Projesi Sonuç Raporu, T.O.K.B. Isparta İl Müdürlüğü, Isparta.
Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). (1996). 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. pp. 378. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Balık, S. (1980). Güney Anadolu Bölgesi içsularında yaşayan tatlısu balıklarının sistematik ve zoocoğrafik yönden araştırılması. Doçentlik tezi, Ege Üniv. Fen Fak., İzmir, 139s.
Balık, S. (1995). Freshwater fish in Anatolia, Turkey. Biological Conservation 72: 213-223.
Bektas, Yusuf et al. (2020). Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the genus Alburnus Heckel, 1843 (Teleostei, Leuciscidae) in Turkey. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 31(7): 273-284. https://doi.org/10.1080/24701394.2020.1791840
Crivelli, A. J. (1996). The freshwater fish endemic to the Mediterranean region. An action plan for their conservation. Tour du Valat Publication. 171 pp.
Crivelli, A. J. (2006). Alburnus akili. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T787A13079126. Accessed on 21 July 2026.
Erdemli, A. Ü. 1982. Beyşehir Gölü Balıkları. Selçuk Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi Fen Dergisi 2: 131−142.
Freyhof, J. (2014a). Alburnus akili. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 07 July 2014.
Freyhof, J. (2014b). Alburnus akili. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T787A19005895. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T787A19005895.en. Accessed on 14 June 2022.
Freyhof, J. and Özuluğ, M. (2010). Pseudophoxinus fahrettini, a new species of spring minnow from Central Anatolia (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 20: 325-332.
Freyhof, J. and Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran. (2026). Alburnus akili. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T787A135064319. Accessed on 20 July 2026.
Freyhof, Jörg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash and Kaya, Cüneyt. (2025). Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 [pp. 308-309]
Groombridge, B. (ed.). (1994). 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Küçük, Fahrettin. (2012). Extinct Endemic Fishes of Turkey: Alburnus akili (Gövce) and Pseudophoxinus handlirschi (Kavinne) (Pisces: Cyprinidae). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 12: 345-347.
Numann, W. (1958). Anadolu göllerinde limnolojik ve balıkçılık ilmi bakımından araştırmalar ve bu göllerde yaşayan sazanlar hakkında özel bir etüd. İst. Üniv. Fen Fak. Monografi, İstanbul, 7: 114 pp.
Özuluğ, M. and Freyhof, J. (2007a). Rediagnosis of four species of Alburnus from Turkey and description of two new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 18(3): 233-246.
Özuluğ, M. and Freyhof, J, (2007b). Alburnus demiri, a new species of bleak from Western Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(4): 307-312.
Van Neer, W., Wildekamp, R. H., Küçük, F., Ünlüsayin, M., Waelkens, M. and Paulissen, E. (2000). Results of the 1996 survey of the fish fauna of the Aksu River and some lakes in Southwestern Anatolia, and the implications for trade at Sagalassos, In: Waelkens, M. and Loots, L. (eds.). Sagalassos V. Report on the survey and excavation campaigns of 1996 and 1997, Leuven: 828-842.
Van Neer, W., Wildekamp, R.H., Küçük, F. and Ünlüsayın, M. (2008). The 1997-1999 surveys of the Anatolian fish fauna and their relevance to the interpretation of trade at Sagalassos, In: Degryse, P. and Waelkens, M. (eds.). Geo-and Bio-Archeology at Sagalassos and in its Territory, Leuven: 299-323.
Vardakas, Leonidas, Perdikaris, Costas, Freyhof, Jörg, Zimmerman, Brian, Ford, Matthew, Vlachopoulos, Konstantinos, Koutsikos, Nicholas, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Chamoglou, Maria and Kalogianni, Eleni. (2025). Global Patterns and Drivers of Freshwater Fish Extinctions: Can We Learn From Our Losses? Global Change Biology 31(5): e70244. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70244 [Table S1]
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