Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Syria: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5350 (1), pp. 1-62 : 28-29

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5350.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10563239

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843
status

 

Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843 View in CoL View at ENA [N]—Sellal bleak; Daffaf

Taxonomy. Original description: Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843a: 1082 View in CoL [92] [Kueik (Qweik River), Aleppo, Syria; syntypes: NMW 55664-67 (1, 2, 4, 2); RMNH 2666 (2)].—Syrian synonyms: Chalcalburnus sellal (Heckel, 1843) View in CoL ; Alburnus capito Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Alburnus hebes Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Alburnus microlepis Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Chalcalburnus mossulensis (Heckel, 1843) View in CoL ; Alburnus pallidus Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Leuciscus maxillaris Valenciennes, 1844 View in CoL ; Alburnus maxillaris (Valenciennes, 1844) View in CoL ; Alburnus caudimacula Heckel, 1847 View in CoL ; Alburnus iblis Heckel, 1847 View in CoL ; Alburnus megacephalus Heckel, 1847 View in CoL ; Alburnus schejtan Heckel, 1847 View in CoL ; Alburnus mossulensis delineatus Battalgil, 1942 View in CoL ; Alburnus zagrosensis Coad, 2009 View in CoL ; Alburnus selcuklui Elp, Şen & Özuluğ, 2015 View in CoL .—Revisions: Bogutskaya (1997: 167), Mohammadian-Kalat et al. (2017).—Illustration: Heckel (1843b: pl. 11, fig. 1).

Status in Syria. Recorded from Syria in original description by Heckel (1843a: 1083, 1084, 1086) as Alburnus sellal , A. microlepis , A. pallidus , and A. hebes ; subsequently reported by Beckman (1962: 87) as also A. capito , A. mossulensis , and A. pallidus ; Ali (2003).—Syrian material: BMNH, MCZ, MNHN, NMW, RMNH, SMNS, MSL.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Syria: Qweik, Euphrates and Tigris river drainages.—Distribution in River Basin: 1-Dajleh & Khabour, 2-Euphrates & Aleppo.—General distribution: Asia Minor and Middle East: Euphrates, Tigris, Zoreh, Persis , and Hormuz River basins ( Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran).—Distribution in Ecoregion: 441-Lower Tigris & Euphrates, 442-Upper Tigris & Euphrates.—Habitat: This species inhabits lakes, reservoirs, and all kinds of streams and rivers from the cold Anatolian highlands down to the subtropical Shatt al Arab and Iranian Gulf rivers. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Syria: Unknown.—IUCN: LC ( IUCN 2023).—Threats: There are many threats in the area but this species is very resistant and can cope with most of them.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered as a keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

SubFamily

Leuciscinae

Genus

Alburnus

Loc

Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843

Saad, Adib, Çiçek, Erdoğan, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Fricke, Ronald, Sungur, Sevil & Eagderi, Soheil 2023
2023
Loc

Alburnus selcuklui Elp, Şen & Özuluğ, 2015

Elp, Sen & Ozulug 2015
2015
Loc

Alburnus zagrosensis

Coad 2009
2009
Loc

Alburnus mossulensis delineatus

Battalgil 1942
1942
Loc

Alburnus caudimacula

Heckel 1847
1847
Loc

Alburnus iblis

Heckel 1847
1847
Loc

Alburnus megacephalus

Heckel 1847
1847
Loc

Alburnus schejtan

Heckel 1847
1847
Loc

Leuciscus maxillaris

Valenciennes 1844
1844
Loc

Alburnus capito

Heckel 1843
1843
Loc

Alburnus hebes

Heckel 1843
1843
Loc

Alburnus microlepis

Heckel 1843
1843
Loc

Alburnus mossulensis

Heckel 1843
1843
Loc

Alburnus pallidus

Heckel 1843
1843
Loc

Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843a: 1082

Heckel, 1843 a: 1082: 1082
1082
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