Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1863)

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Sabanejewia aurata (De Filippi, 1863) – Native ( Fig. 291 )

Cobitis aralensis Kessler [K. F.] 1877: 184; Type locality: Syr Darya River mouth, Kazakhstan; Amu Darya River mouth, Uzbekistan. Syntypes: (4 + 1) BMNH 1897.7.5.18 (1 on exchange); ZIN 10932 (1).

Cobitis hohenackeri Kessler [K. F.] (ex Brandt) 1877: 177; Type locality: Kura River basin, Transcaucasia. Syntypes: (6) ZIN 2854 (5).

Cobitis montana Vladykov [V. D.] 1925: 321; Type locality: Tisza River basin, Ukraine. Syntypes: CUP 41464 (1), 41465 (1); other syntypes at NMP.

Cobitis aurata radnensis [P. M.], Müller [G.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 1960: 124; Type locality: Upper rivers Mures and Tirnava, Romania. [Comunicari de Zoologie / Societatea se Stiinte Naturale si Geografie din Republica Populara Romina.

Cobitis aurata bosniaca Karaman [M. S.] 1963: 629; Type locality: Creeks Saturlija and Siroka Rijeka near Banja Luka, Vrba River basin, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Syntypes: MMNHS (144) apparently lost.

Sabanejewia aurata thrakica Economidis [P. S.] & Nalbant [T. T.] 1996: 320; Type locality: River Evros catchment, tributary Erythropotamos, near Mikro Dereio village, Thrace, Greece. Holotype: MZUT 1986–54. Paratypes: ISBB 4581 (43); MZUT 1971–654 (1), 1986–39 (43).

Common name: Pr: Roftegar mahi talayi, En: Golden spined loach.

Diagnosis: 12 caudal fin rays, large dark spots along the flank and above them speckles which do not tend to form a stripe and golden color in flanks.

Meristic characters: D: II–III 5–8 (6), A: II–III 4–8 (5), P: 5–9 (7), V: 4–8 (5), TV: 39–43.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 292). Found in Balekhlo and Qarasu rivers. Records of this species from Hari basin presumably is an error.

Taxonomy: Esmaeili et al. (2010) placed it in Sabanejewia .

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern (Freyhof 2014ad).

Figures

Fig. 291. Sabanejewia aurata. Photograph from Balekhlo Chay River, Caspian Sea basin.