“…It has been reported from the main watercourses of southwestern Anatolia, i.e. Akçapınar, Balıklı, Gediz, Küçük Menderes, Tersakan, Yuvarlakçay rivers and streams, Köyceğiz Lake and Ula pond (Bogutskaya, 1997;Yilmaz et al, 2006;Fricke et al, 2007;Giannetto et al, 2015;Top and Tarkan, 2015). L. irideus inhabits slow running freshwaters especially in areas with tree roots, small caverns and plenty of vegetation.…”