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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Eponymy: This is a toponym not an eponym, referring to the type locality: the River Gemlik (northwest Turkey) that, according to the author, was “…anciently named Cius” (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate

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Europe and Asia: currently known only from Lesbos Island and streams draining to the southern Marmara Sea.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 28.9 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 94844)

Inhabits typical Mediterranean intermittent streams. Substrates consist of pebbles, rocks and some silt. Towards the end of the summer, most fish occur in the remaining isolated pools of water along the streambed. All populations are under threat due to habitat loss, caused by water abstraction (surface and underground) for irrigation purposes, as well as from organic pollution originating from various olive-oil extraction plants (Ref. 57755).

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Stoumboudi, M.T., M. Kottelat and R. Barbieri, 2006. The fishes of the inland waters of Lesbos Island, Greece. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 17(2):129-146. (Ref. 57755)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 11 March 2013

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00518 - 0.01336), b=3.15 (3.01 - 3.29), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & Genus-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (19 of 100).

Squalius cii (Richardson, 1857)