Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877

Kaya, Cueneyt, Baycelebi, Esra & Turan, Davut, 2020, Taxonomic assessment and distribution of fishes in upper Kura and Aras river drainages, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 325-344 : 325

Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877 Fig. 6c

Common / local names.

Caspian bleak / Hazar Denizi incisi*.

IUCN status.

Least concern (LC).

Examined material.

FFR 4699, B-20 canal at Aralık, Aras drainage, 39.8936N, 44.5256E.

Distribution in the area.

It was recorded from B-20 canal, Aras River.

Note.

The occurrence of the species in the region has been reported by earlier studies based on estimates ( Fricke et al. 2007; Çiçek et al. 2015). A. hohenackeri was documented with the materials observed for the first time in the B-20 canal, Turkey. We observed two syntopic shemeya from the B-20 canal. Alburnus hohenackeri is easily distinguished from A. filippii by having a stout and deep body as well as large scales (Fig. 6b, c ).

Figures

Figure 6. Some Leuciscidae species collected in the area, a, Alburnoides eichwaldii from Kura River at Yalnizcam; b, Alburnus filippi from Kura River at Yalnizcam; c, Alburnus hohenackeri from B- 20 canal, Aras; d, Chondrostoma cyri from stream Kars, Aras; e, Leucalburnus satunini from Kura River at Yalnizcam.