Abstract:
This study was carried out from March 2016 and april 2017 in order to determine freshwater fish fauna of Niğde. As a result of the systematic investigation of the samples obtained from the field studies 7 species belonging to 3 families were determined. The species are Capoeta angorae, Squalius cappadocicus, Cyprinus carpio, Gobio gymnostethus, Oxynoemacheilus angorae, Oncorhynchus mykiss and Salmo labecula. According to the IUCN categories S. cappadocicus and G. gymnostethus are CR, O. angorae are LC, Capoeta angorae and Salmo labecula are NE. In addition, it has been found that O. mykiss trout farms are located in the area and C. carpio species are included in the fauna by diving into dams.