180. Alburnus atropatenae (Berg, 1925)

Common name: None

Taxonomy. Original description: Alburnus atropatenae Berg, 1925: 213 [Rivers of Lake Urmia, Iran; syntypes: (46) BMNH 1899.9.30.127 (1), 1899.9.30.128-130 (3); not at ZIN] .

Revisions: Mouludi-Saleh et al. (2022).

Illustrations: Mouludi-Saleh et al. (2022: 292, fig. 1).

Distribution in Ecoregions: —Distribution in River Basin: Lake Orumiyeh.—Distribution in Ecoregions: 445- Orumiyeh.

Status in Iran. [Endemic].—Morvarid mahi-e Orumiyeh.—Listed in previous checklists from Iran by Esmaeili et al. (2017 a, 2018) and Eagderi et al. (2022).—Iran material: ZM-CBSU.

Conservation. IUCN: NE.

Remarsks. Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. (2020) considered Alburnus atropatenae as a joniur synonym of Petroleuciscus ulanus . Due to the presence of taxonomic ambiguity regarding these two species, Mouludi-Saleh et al. (2022) examined the validity of them based on comparing their morphometric and meristic characters in the Mahabad-Chai River, Urmia Lake basin. Finally, based on the results, they concluded, the taxonomic identities of Petroleuciscus ulanus and Alburnus atropatenae species are valid.