Egirdira is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Leuciscinae, its only species is Egirdira nigra, or the yag baligi, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae.[4] It is found only in Turkey, in tributaries of Lake Egridir in Central Anatolia. It is considered an Endangered species (EN) since 2013, an improvement from Critically Endangered (CR) which was the status between 1996 and 2006.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Cyprinidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Egirdira Freyhof, 2022 |
| Species: | E. nigra
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| Binomial name | |
| Egirdira nigra | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Freyhof, J. (2014). "Pseudophoxinus egridiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T39281A19006956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T39281A19006956.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Egirdira". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ Jrg Freyhof (1 Mar 2022). "Egirdira, a new generic name for Pararhodeus niger Kosswig & Geldiay, 1952 (Teleostei: Leuciscidae)". Zootaxa. 5104 (4): 586–592. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.8. PMID 35391017.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pseudophoxinus egridiri". FishBase. October 2015 version.
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