Otolith characteristics of species, subspecies, and populations of Aphanius Nardo, 1827 (Teleostei, Cyprinodontiformes) from Anatolia (Turkey) Author Schulz-Mirbach, Tanja Author Reichenbacher, Bettina Author Yildirim, M. Zeki Author Atalay, M. Altuğ text Journal of Natural History 2006 2006-10-26 40 27 - 28 1687 1705 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930600964498 journal article 10.1080/00222930600964498 1464-5262 10092220 Aphanius anatoliae transgrediens (Ermin, 1946) ( Figure 5c–f ) Locality—Lake Acı ( four specimens ) Description. (1) Outline: elongate-trapezoid to almost rectangular; (2) excisura: wide and hardly incised; (3) rostrum: distinctly longer than the antirostrum, except in the specimen shown in Figure 5e ; (4) dorsal rim and (5) ventral rim: both straight or slightly curving and more or less smooth; (6) posterior rim: sloping; (7) crista superior: thickened in its anterior part and thinner posteriorly; (8) crista inferior: thin but distinctly expressed, the area beneath the crista shows a few small knobs; (9) inner face and (10) outer face: both flat or slightly convex.