Alburnoides freyhofi, Turan, Kaya, Baycelebi, Bektas & Ekmekci, 2017

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 290-291

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820177

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scientific name

Alburnoides freyhofi
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Alburnoides freyhofi View in CoL

Common name. Kızılırmak spirlin.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnoides in Mediterranean, Marmara, and Black Sea basins by: ○ ventral keel usually completely scaleless / ○ body depth at dorsal origin usually greater than head length / ○ horizontal eye diameter smaller than interorbital distance / ○ snout

slightly pointed / ○ mouth terminal, upper and lower lips equally projecting / ○ tip of mouth cleft situated at horizontal line with middle of eye / ○ 42−51+2−3 lateral-line scales / ○ 14−15½, rarely 16½, branched anal rays / ○ 5−7 gill rakers. Size up to 93 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Kızılırmak drainage.

Habitat. Fast-flowing streams and rivers with gravel and cobble bottoms. Also, inhabits reservoirs.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. LC.

Further reading. Turan et al. 2017b (description); Bektaş et al. 2019 (phylogeny); Yoğurtçuoğlu et al. 2020a (distribution); Canoğlu et al. 2023 (barcoding).

Alburnoides holciki ; Hari, Iran; 64 mm SL.

Alburnoides holciki ; Atrak drainage, Iran; 75 mm SL.

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