Alburnoides qanati Coad and Bogutskaya, 2009

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Alburnoides qanati Coad and Bogutskaya, 2009

– Endemic

( Fig. 215)

Alburnoides qanati Coad [B. W.] & Bogutskaya [N. G.] 2009: 68; Type locality: At source and along stream of a qanat at Naqsh-e Rostam, Pulvar River system, 29°59'30"N, 52°54'00"E, Fars, Iran, elevation 1,660 m. Holotype: CMNFI 1977–0509. Paratypes: CMNFI 1977–0510 (178).

Common name: Pr: Khayateh-e qanati, Lapek, En :

Qanat Spirlin.

Diagnosis: Eye large, the orbit width exceeding both the snout length and the interorbital width, a scaled ventral keel behind the pelvic fins along the abdomen to the anus, 2.5–4.2 pharyngeal teeth, most common vertebral formulae 20 + 20 or 20 + 21 ( Coad and Bogutskaya 2009).

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: Kor River and Sirjan basins ( Fig. 216). Found in Kor River drainage and Masih spring (near Harat town).

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Not Evaluated, PC: Least Concern. A. qanati has a relatively large distribution range, and it lacks any known widespread threat in the area. This species is abundant to very abundant in many parts of its range. We therefore classified it as Least Concern.