Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Blicca bjoerkna (Linnaeus, 1758) – Native ( Fig. 239)

Cyprinus bjoerkna Linnaeus [C.] 1758: 326; Type locality: Greifswald , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 54°05'N, 13°23'E, Germany. Neotype: SMNS 12668 .

Cyprinus gieben Wulff [J. C.] 1765: 50; Type locality: Rivers of Borussia [Prussia], Germany. No types known.

Cyprinus plestya Leske [N. G.] 1774: 69; Type locality: Lipsiae/ Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany. No types known.

Cyprinus blicca Bloch [M. E.] 1782: 65; Type locality: Germany. No types known.

Cyprinus latus Gmelin [J. F.] 1789: 1438; Type locality: Germany; France; Belgium.

Cyprinus meckel Hermann [J.] 1804: 328; Type locality: France.

Cyprinus gibbosus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Agassiz) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844: 58; Type locality: No locality. Holotype (?): MNHN B–1079.

Cyprinus laskyr Güldenstädt [J. A. von] in Pallas 1814: 326; Type locality: Lower Tanai and Lipewiza River, Voronicensis, Russia. No types known.

Blicca argyroleuca Heckel [J. J.] 1843: 1007 [17]; Type locality: No locality. Syntypes: NMW 16901 (2), 54918–20 (6, 4, 1).

Abramis erythropterus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Agassiz) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844: 58; Type locality: No locality. Holotype (?): MNHN B–1079.

Abramis micropteryx Valenciennes [A.] (ex Agassiz) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1844: 44; Type locality: Switzerland. Possible types: MNHN 0000–1080 to 1081 (1, 1).

Cyprinus latus Gronow [L. T.] in Gray 1854: 179; Type locality: European lakes. Syntypes: BMNH 1853.11.12.146 [Gronovius coll.] (1, skin).

Blicca intermedia Fatio [V.] 1882: 355; Type locality: Rhone River at Lyon, France. Holotype (unique): MHNG 656.16 .

Blicca bjoerkna transcaucasica Berg [L. S.] 1916: 306; Type locality: Lower reaches of the Kura River, Araks, Lenkoran District, Transcaucasia.

Barbus bjoerkna derjavini Dadikyan [M. G.] 1970: 740 [550]; Type locality: Sevdzhur River, tributary to Araks River, Armenia. Syntypes: (30) whereabouts unknown.

Common name: Pr: Simparak, Simnama, En: White bream, Silver bream.

Diagnosis: Naked ventral keel, postdorsal groove, long anal fin, lateral line scale count and mouth sub-inferior which can not be extended as a tube, eye diameter about equal to snout length in individuals larger than 100 mm SL and orange or reddish base of paired fins.

Meristic characters: D: III 8–9 (8), A: III 16–24 (18–20), P: 14–16, V: 7–9, GR: 7–14, LL: 41–47, TV: 38–40.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basins ( Fig. 240). Found in Sefidrud, Gorgan, Aras, Tajan, Atrak, Sardab, Haraz, Mahmod Abad Rivers and Anzali Wetland. Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed it in Blicca . Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008h).