Freshwater fish fauna of Gaziantep

This study was carried out from January to December 2008 in order to determine the freashwater fish fauna of Gaziantep. A total of 37 fish species were determined belonging to 9 families in Gaziantep water bodies during the study period. Among these species, Anguilla anguilla, belonging to Anguillidae, Acanthobrama marmid, Alburnoides bipunctatus, Alburnus caeruleus, Alburnus qalilus, Alburnus mossullensis, Alburnus adanensis, Alburnus sellal, Barbus grypus, Barbus lacerta, Barbus rajanorum, Barbus xantopterus, Capoeta barroisi, Capoeta damascina, Capoeta trutta, Carasobarbus luteus, Chondrostoma kinzelbachi, Cyprinion macrostomum, Cyprinus carpio, Garra rufa, Garra variabilis, Pseudophoxinus kervillei ve Squalius cephalus, belonging to Cyprinidae, Barbatula (Paracobitis) tigris, Barbatula (Oxynoemacheilus) euphratica, Nemacheilus argyrogramma, Nemacheilus hamwii, Paracobitis malapterura, Schistura ceyhanensis, Schistura (Nemacheilus) namiri, belonging to Balitoridae, Glyptothorax armeniacus, belonging to Sisoridae, Atherina boyeri, belonging to Atherinidae, Aphanius mento and Aphanius chantrei, belonging to Cyprinodontidae, Gambusia holbrooki, belonging to Poecilidae, Salaria fluviatilis, belonging to Blennidae and Mastacembelus mastacembelus, belonging to Mastacembelidae. In these species C. barroisi, C. damascina, G. rufa, N. argyrogramma and B. tigris were sampled from all the water bodies of Gaziantep.