Abstract

  This study was carried out to determine fish species in Çamlıgöze Dam Lake located at Central Anatolian region of Turkey. Fish samples were caught seasonally with nets of various mesh sizes between April 2010 and January 2011 in Çamlıgöze Dam Lake. As a result of evaluated fish samples Oncorhynchus mykissbelonging to Salmonidae, Cyprinus carpio, Barbus plebejus, Capoeta sieboldii, Capoeta tinca, Chalcalburnus chalcoides, Chondrostoma nasus, Leuciscus cephalus belonging to Cyprinidae and Silurus glanis belonging to Siluridae were identified in this study area. All fish species were native except the Oncorhynchus mykiss andCyprinus carpio in Çamlıgöze Dam Lake. Some morphometric and meristic characteristics of the fish samples were examined in Çamlıgöze Dam Lake.  Key words: Fish species, Çamlıgöze dam lake, Sivas, Turkey.

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