Aphaniidae

Splendid killifish

Anatolichthys splendens

Alien fish stocking silenced it in the eighties

• Temperate
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• West Asia
• Small
• Temperate fish

Anatolichthys splendens, the Gölçük toothcarp or splendid toothcarp, is an extinct species of freshwater fish in the family Aphaniidae. It was endemic to Lake Gölçük in Turkey. It became extinct due to the effects of fish introduced to the lake.