Alburnoides smyrnae, Pellegrin, 1927

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 300

Alburnoides smyrnae

Common name. Eastern Aegean spirlin.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnoides in Mediterranean, Marmara, and Black Sea basins by: ○ ventral keel completely or almost completely covered by scales / ○ body depth at dorsal origin greater than head length / ○ 12−15½, usually 13½, branched anal rays / ○ 40−45+2−3 lateral-line scales / ○ caudal peduncle length 21–26 % SL / ○ caudal peduncle depth 11–12 % SL / ○ head width at anterior eye margin 9–10 % HL / ○ interorbital width 8–10 % SL / ○ horizontal eye diameter equal or slightly to markedly larger than interorbital distance / ○ snout short, rounded / ○ mouth terminal to almost subterminal, upper and lower lips equally projecting / ○ tip of mouth cleft situated at a horizontal line with lower margin

of pupil to lower margin of eye / ○ 4 pharyngeal teeth in long row on right 5 th ceratobranchial / ○ 6−7 gill rakers. Size up to 77 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Meles (Kemer) near İzmir and Büyük Menderes drainage.

Habitat. Hill streams and small rivers with moderate to fast-flowing water and gravel substrate.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. LC.

Remarks. Described from Meles ( İzmir) but not seen in that area since. Diagnosis developed based on fish from upper Büyük Menderes is consistent with the type.

Further reading. Turan et al. 2013a (morphology, taxonomy); Turan et al. 2017b (identification); Bektaş et al. 2019 (phylogeny); Canoğlu et al. 2023 (barcoding).