Gobio hettitorum Common name. Taurus gudgeon. Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Gobio in Anatolia by: ○ 44–46 total lateral-line scales / ○ chest completely scaled, scales extending forward to isthmus / ○ head length 24–27 % SL / ○ 10–14 scales between posterior extremity of pelvic base and anus / ○ interorbital distance approximately 1.6–1.8 times in eye diameter / ○ 8–10 scale rows between dorsal origin and lateral line / ○ caudal length 17–20 % SL / ○ anal length 15–17 % SL. Size up to 124 mm SL. Distribution. Türkiye: Yeşildere, Deliçay, Gödet, and Ayrancı drainages (Karaman), and Ereğli marshes. Habitat. Small streams with clear water and sand and gravel bottoms. Biology. No data. Conservation status. VU; appears to be declining in its small range due to the desiccation of streams. Extirpated from Ereğli around 2010. Further reading. Ladiges 1960 (description); Naseka et al. 2006 (identification).

Published as part of Freyhof, Jörg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, GmbH, Berlin / Boston :De Gruyter on page 257, DOI: 10.1515/9783111677811, http://zenodo.org/record/17881367