Alburnoides samiii Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust and Doadrio, 2015

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Alburnoides samiii Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust and Doadrio, 2015 – Endemic ( Fig. 217 )

Alburnoides samiii Mousavi-Sabet [H.], Vatandoust [S.] & Doadrio [I.] 2015: 321; Type locality: Tutkabon Stream, upper Sefidroud River drainage, Guilan Province, Iran, 36°50.756'N, 49°35.021'E. Holotype: VMFC-ALS4-H. Paratypes: VMFC-ALS4-P1 to P45.

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

Diagnosis: Mouth terminal, with a tip of the mouth cleft on a level with the middle of the eye or below, the lack of well-marked spots or dark pigmentation in the lateral line canal, the lack of strong spots or dark outline to the lateral line canal, dorsal fin outer margin truncate to slightly concave, anal fin outer margin markedly concave, a large eye (eye diameter about equal to interorbital width), 2.5–4.2 pharyngeal teeth, caudal fin markedly forked with pointed lobes.

Meristic characters: D: III–IV (III) 7–8 (8), A: III 10–12 (11), P: 13–15 (14), V: 7, GR: 6–9 (8), LL: 41–49 (43–47), TV: 40–41.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 218). Found in several river and streams in southwestern Caspian Sea basin between Sardabrud and Astara Rivers.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. This species is very abundant in its distribution range which together with having a relatively large distribution range, and thus we classified it as Least Concern.

Figures

Fig. 217. Alburnoides samiii (up: male, down: female). Photograph from Sefidrud River, Caspian Sea basin.