Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861

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Genus Alburnoides Jeitteles, 1861

All species of the genus Alurnoides are very s i m i l a r t o e a c h o t h e r a n d m o s t m o r p h o l o g i c a l characters overlap, distribution is the easiest element to differentiate species of this genus.

Alburnoides damghani Jouladeh-Roudbar, Eagderi, Esmaeili, Coad and Bogutskaya, 2016 – Endemic ( Fig. 199)

Alburnoides damghani Jouladeh-Roudbar [A.], Eagderi [S.], Esmaeili [H. R.], Coad [B. W.] & Bogutskaya [N. G.] 2016: 165; Type locality: Cheshmeh Ali, Damghan River tributary, near Damghan City, Dasht-e Kavir basin, Semnan Province, Iran, 36°16'45.6"N, 54°05'01.6"E, elevation 1,569 m. Holotype: CMNFI 2015–0091. Paratypes: CMNFI 2015–0091A (24), ZM-CBSU 2011–1 (15), 2012–1 (3).

Common name: Pr: Khayateh-e Damghan, Lapek, En: Damghan’s Spirlin.

Diagnosis: Stout short and snout with tip of the mouth cleft on a level with the lower margin of the pupil or lower, a small eye that the horizontal diameter is slightly smaller than the interorbital width. 2.5–4.2 and 2.5–4.1 pharyngeal teeth and commonly 40 total vertebrae.

Meristic characters: D: III–IV (III) 7–9 (8), A: III 10–13 (11–12), P: 13–15, V: 6–8 (7), GR: 6–8, LL: 40–47, TV: 40–42.

Distribution: Kavir basin ( Fig. 200). Just found in Cheshme Ali Spring in Damghan city ( Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2016d).

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Critically Endangered B2ab(i,ii,iii). The only known population of this species is found in the Cheshme Ali spring (type locality, (with an area of occupancy less than 10 km 2 and an extent of occurrence of less than 100 km 2). In the same habitat, non-native species as rainbow trout are quite common which is a direct threat for this species. Apart, the spring being placed in an extremely arid region is the only habitat of the species which result in the species being very vulnerable to any change in the water level of the spring. We therefore classified it as Critically Endangered.