Aphanius villwocki Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003.

Hrbek, T. and R. H. Wildekamp. 2003. Aphanius villwocki, a new species from the Sakarya River basin of central Anatolian plain, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 14 (2): 137-144, 4 figs., 2 tables [map, fig. 5, p. 143].

Type locality:Pinarbaşi, approximately 10.5 km east of Emirdağ, Turkey, in the drainage canal of a spring fed pond, 39°02'53" N 31°19'38"E.

Etymology: Named for Wolfgang Villwock in recognition of his contributions to our knowledge of the genus Aphanius.

Cyprinodon sophiae [misidentification]: Pellegrin, 1928a [pp.113-115]; Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003.

Aphanius anatoliae [misidentification]: Villwock, 1964a [p. 359]; Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003.

Aphanius chantrei [misidentification]: Erk' akan & Kuru, 1982 [p. 17]; Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003.

Aphanius sp. aff. danfordii: Hrbek, Küçük, Frickey, et al., 2002; Hrbek & Meyer, 2003.

Aphanius villwocki Hrbek & Wildekamp, 2003: Bardakci, Tatar, & Hrbek, 2004.

Aphanius aff. danfordii: Schultz-Mirbach, Reichenbacher, Zeki Yildirim, et al., 2006.