Alburnoides kurui

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 294

Alburnoides kurui

Common name. Yeşilırmak spirlin.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnoides in Mediterranean, Marmara, and Black Sea basins by: ○ ventral keel usually completely scaleless / ○ 7−9 gill rakers / ○ body depth at dorsal origin usually greater than head length / ○ horizontal eye diameter smaller than interorbital distance / ○ snout slightly pointed / ○ mouth slightly subterminal, upper lip projecting lower lip / ○ tip of mouth cleft situated at horizontal line on or slightly below lower margin of pupil / ○ 47−56+2−3 lateral-line scales / ○ 4 pharyngeal teeth in long row on right 5 th ceratobranchial / ○ 13−15½, usually 14½, branched anal rays. Size up to 90 mm SL.

Distribution. Türkiye: Yeşilırmak drainage.

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).