Abstract

In this study, fish samples were collected from 7 large river systems (Iyidere, Güneysu, Büyükdere, Melyat, Fırtına, Yeşil and Çağlayan) between April 2004 and April 2014 in order to reveal the fish fauna of the Rize Province. As a result of this study 14 species (Lampetra lanceolata, Salmo coruhensis, Salmo rizeensis, Alburnoides fasciatus, Alburnus derjugini, Barbus escherichii, Capoeta banarescui, Chondrostoma colchicum, Rutilus frisii, Squalius sp., Cobitis splendens, Mugil cephalus, Liza aurata, Ponticola rizensis) belonging to 5 ordo (Petromyzoniformes, Salmoniformes, Cypriniformes, Mugiliformes, Perciformes) and 6 families (Petromyzonidae, Salmonidae, Cyprinidae, Cobitidae, Mugilidae, Gobiidae) were determined.

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