Alburnoides L.H.Jeitteles 1861
Creators: name: Coad, Brian
name: Bogutskaya, Nina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Cypriniformes
Cyprinidae
Alburnoides

description: Key to <i>Alburnoides</i> species that are known to occur or may occur in Iran 1a 15-20 total gill rakers in outer row on first gill arch........................................................................ <i>A. taeniatus</i> [not recorded in Iran but may eventually reach the Caspian Sea basin and the Tedzhen (= Hari) River drainage of Iran from the Tedzhen River and Karakum Canal in Turkmenistan, see Coad (2009)] 1b 5-10 total gill rakers in outer row on first gill arch...................................... <b>2</b> 2a Snout pointed or slightly rounded; mouth terminal or upturned, tip of mouth cleft on level from slightly above middle of eye to upper margin of pupil; lower jaw slightly to moderately projecting relative to upper jaw; junction of lower jaw and quadrate on about vertical through anterior eye margin...................................................................................................... <b> <i>A. qanati</i> sp. n.</b> 2b Snout slightly to markedly rounded; mouth terminal to subterminal, tip of mouth cleft on level from middle of eye to below lower margin of eye; upper jaw slightly to moderately projecting relative to lower jaw; junction of lower jaw and quadrate on about vertical through about middle of eye................ <b>3</b> 3a 8-11½, commonly 9-10½, branched anal fin rays; 7½, rarely 8½, branched dorsal fin rays.............................................................................................. <b>4</b> 3b 10-15½, commonly 11-13½, branched anal fin rays; 8½, rarely 7½, branched dorsal fin rays.............................................................................................. <b>5</b> 4a Ventral keel completely scaled; 40-41 total vertebrae; 20-22, commonly 21, abdominal vertebrae................ <b> <i>Alburnoides</i> sp.</b> , Orumiyeh [Urmia] L. basin 4b Ventral keel scaleless along from 1/3 to whole keel length; 38-40, commonly 39, total vertebrae; 19-20 abdominal vertebrae............................................................................................ <b> <i>Alburnoides</i> sp.</b> 1, lower Tigris River system. 5a Ventral keel smoothed, scaled along 1/3 to whole length............................................................................. <b> <i>Alburnoides</i> sp.</b> 2, lower Tigris River system. 5b Ventral keel well pronounced, almost or completely scaleless...................... <b>6</b> 6a Lateral line in live and preserved fish delineated by dark pigment dots above and below; 13-15 predorsal vertebrae; mouth terminal, tip of mouth cleft on or slightly below middle of eye................................................. <i>A. eichwaldii</i> 6b Lateral line in live and preserved fish somewhat darker than surrounding flank but no strong dark dots outline canal; 11-13 predorsal vertebrae; mouth almost subterminal, tip of mouth cleft on or below lower margin of eye....................................................................... <b> <i>Alburnoides</i> sp.</b> , Namak L. basin. <b>Comparative Material.</b> <i>Alburnoides bipunctatus</i>: SMF 20631 (5, Grenzfluss Luxemburg, Rhine drainage). <i>Alburnoides eichwaldii</i> (all from Eastern Transcaucasia: Kura-Aras river drainage down to Sefid Rud): CMNFI 1979 -0695 (30, Sefid Rud). – CMNFI 2007 -0090 (14, Zilber R.). – NMW 55516 (2 syntypes, Kura R.). – ZISP 2916 (7, Kura R.). – ZISP 3860 (5, Lenkoran’ R.). – ZISP 5188 (10, Childyr [Cildir] L.). – ZISP 9104 (5, Lenkoran’ R.). – ZISP 9131 (8, Lenkoran’ R.). – ZISP 9136 (5, Geoktapinka R.). – ZISP 10249 (5, Kura R.). – ZISP 25704 (31, Gilyan-chay R.). – ZISP 25713 (26, Gilyanchay R.). – ZISP 37502 (10 syntypes of <i>Alburnoides bipunctatus armeniensis</i>, Marmarik R.). – ZISP 37503 (5, Dzoraget R.). – ZISP 37504 (5, Erer R.). – ZISP 41974 (9, Kura R.). – ZISP uncat. (30, Kura R.). – ZMH 3007 -9 (4, Kura R.). – ZMH 3586 (21, Childyr [Cildir] L.). – ZMH 3587 -88 (5, Kura R). <i>Alburnoides fasciatus</i> (Western Transcaucasia and rivers of the Black Sea coast in Turkey westward to Kizilirmak): NMW 10407 -19 (13 syntypes, rivers of eastern Black Sea coast). – ZISP 5296 (6, Rioni R.). – ZISP 11529 (3, Batum). – ZISP 14822 (6, Coruh R.). – ZISP 15157 (4, Kintrishi R.). – ZISP uncat. (35, Otap R.). – ZISP uncat. (25, Kyalasur R.). – ZMH 3585 (8, Kizilirmak R.). <i>Alburnoides kubanicus</i> (Kuban’ R. drainage): ZISP 15306 (8, Laba R.). – ZISP 15307 (8, Kuban R.). – ZISP uncat. (25, Laba R.). <i>Alburnoides oblongus</i>: BMNH 1975.1.17:249-250 (2, Syr Darya). – ZISP 30696 (1, Badam R.). – ZISP 36725 (3, Angren R.). <i>Alburnoides ohridanus</i>: ZMH 801 (3, Ohrid L.). – ZMH 1464 (15, Ohrid L.). <i>Alburnoides rossicus</i>: ZISP 2684 (8, Dnieper R.). – ZISP 5172 (5 syntypes, Shishma R., Kama R. system). – ZISP 10759 (8, Dnieper R.). – ZISP 52813 (26, Vyatka R.). <i>Alburnoides taeniatus</i>: ZISP 25575 (53, Syr Darya R.). <i>Alburnoides</i> sp. (Danube River drainage): ZISP 23862 (3), 35710 (4), 35711 (5), 35819 (7), 36852 (10), 37242 (23, Timi&amp;scedil; R.), 38329 (10, Arge&amp;scedil; R.), ZISP uncat. (25, Sava R.). <i>Alburnoides</i> sp. (Eastern Ciscaucasia): ZISP 2879 (3, Sunzha R.). – ZISP 10790 (6, Terek R.). – ZISP 14733 (10, Sunzha R.). <i>Alburnoides</i> sp. (Amu Darya river drainage): ZISP 4491 (2, Zeravshan R.). – ZISP 11050 -53 (39, Ashkhabadka R.). <i>Alburnoides</i> sp. (Namak L. basin): CMNFI 1979 -0461A (30). – CMNFI 2007 -0121 (2). – CMNFI 2007 -0074 (4). – ZMH 4182 (7). <i>Alburnoides</i> sp. 1 (lower Tigris River system): CMNFI 1979-0281 (42, Simareh River drainage, Lorestan). <i>Alburnoides</i> sp. 2 (lower Tigris River system): CMNFI 2007-0075 (36, Malayer River, Hamadan), CMNFI 1979-0278 (4, Kashkan River drainage, Lorestan), CMNFI 2007-0115 (8, Qareh Su basin, Kermanshahan), CMNFI 2007-0118 (14, Bid Sorkh River, Kermanshahan). <i>Alburnoides</i> sp. (Orumiyeh [Urmia] L. basin): CMNFI 1970 -0558 (30).
description: Published as part of <i>Coad, Brian &amp; Bogutskaya, Nina, 2009, Alburnoides qanati, a new species of cyprinid fish from southern Iran (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae), pp. 67-77 in ZooKeys 13 (13)</i> on pages 74-76, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.13.194, http://zenodo.org/record/576467
description: {"references": ["Coad BW (2009) Freshwater fishes of Iran. Revised 05 June 2008. http: // www. briancoad. com / Contents. htm [accessed 05 April 2009]"]}