pursakensis, Leuciscus orientalis var. Hankó [B.] 1925:140, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici v. 21 (for 29 Dec. 1924); ref. 2035] Kara-Chehir, Kötschke-Kissik and Eski-Chehir, Turkey. Syntypes: (2) lost. •Synonym of Leuciscus cephalus (Linnaeus 1758) -- (Kottelat 1997:66 [ref. 22952]). •Synonym of Squalius cephalus (Linnaeus 1758). •Valid as Squalius pursakensis (Hankó 1925) -- (Turan et al. 2009:60 [ref. 30540], Bogutskaya & Zupančič 2010:53 [ref. 30905], Özuluğ & Freyhof 2011:139 [ref. 31360], Turan et al. 2013:322 [ref. 32584], Çiçek et al. 2015:147 [ref. 35151], Çiçek et al. 2018:15 [ref. 36267], Çiçek et al. 2020:253 [ref. 37644], Kelleci et al. 2021:282 [ref. 38359], Çiçek et al. 2023:413 [ref. 40625], Çiçek et al. 2024:262 [ref. 40789]). Current status: Valid as Squalius pursakensis (Hankó 1925). Leuciscidae: Leuciscinae. Distribution: Asia Minor: Sakarya River drainage, Black Sea tributaries (Turkey). Habitat: freshwater.