Alburnoides kosswigi, 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 : 293-294

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820186

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scientific name

Alburnoides kosswigi
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Alburnoides kosswigi View in CoL

Common name. Sakarya spirlin.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnoides in Mediterranean, Marmara, and Black Sea basins by: ○ body depth at dorsal origin usually greater than head

length / ○ horizontal eye diameter smaller than interorbital distance / ○ ventral keel completely scaleless or covered by 1−3 scales / ○ snout slightly pointed / ○ mouth terminal, upper lip slightly projecting lower lip / ○ tip of mouth cleft situated at horizontal line with middle of eye or slightly below / ○ 40−55+2−3 lateral-line scales / ○ 4 pharyngeal teeth in long row on right 5 th ceratobranchial / ○ 11−14½, usually 12−13½, branched anal rays / ○ 5−7 gill rakers. Size up to 97 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Sakarya drainage and Lake Ilgın basin.

Habitat. Fast-flowing streams and rivers with gravel and cobbled bottoms.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. LC.

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

Alburnoides kurui ; Yeşilırmak drainage, Türkiye; ~ 70 mm SL.

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