The Manyas spirlin (''Alburnoides manyasensis'') is a species of minnow that is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to the

Simav River The Simav ( tr, Simav Çayı) or Susurluk RiverTurkish General Directorate of State Water Works (DSİ)." Archive accessed 3 Sept. 2011. (''Susurluk Çayı'') is a river in Anatolian Turkey. Its course is 321 km long and its basin comprises 22 400 ...

drainage of

Lake Kuş Lake Kuş ( tr, Kuş Gölü, lit=Bird Lake) or Lake Manyas ( tr, Manyas Gölü, link=no) is a lake in western Turkey, located in the Bandırma region. It is a shallow nutrient-rich freshwater lake (average depth 3 m) fed by groundwater and four ...

, also known as Lake Manyas, in

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It may become threatened as its range is densely inhabited and increasingly industrialized.

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Manyas spirlin Freshwater fish of Turkey Endemic fauna of Turkey Taxa named by Davut Turan, Taxa named by Fitnat Güler Ekmekçi Taxa named by Cüneyt Kaya Taxa named by Salim Serkan Güçlü Manyas spirlin {{Leuciscinae-stub

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