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Information
Range Lake Egirdir in Turkey
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Cypriniformes
Family Cyprinidae
Genus Pseudophoxinus
Species P. handlirschi
Conservation Status
CRSpecies
Critically Endangered

The Eğirdir Minnow, (Pseudophoxinus handlirschi), is a species of freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family. It is endemic to Lake Egirdir in Turkey. It is critically endangered, due to predation by pike perch which has been introduced to the lake.

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