Alburnoides namaki, Bogutskaya & Coad, 2009
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820204 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FE9F-FED4-2885-FAB1FB04F9B9 |
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Felipe |
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Alburnoides namaki |
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Alburnoides namaki View in CoL
Common name. Namak spirlin.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnoides in Iranian endorheic basins by: ○ horizontal eye diameter smaller than interorbital distance / ○ 8½, rarely 7½, branched dorsal rays / ○ 10−14½, usually 11−13½, branched anal rays / ○ snout rounded / ○ tip of mouth cleft situated at a horizontal line with lower margin of eye or below / ○ mouth subterminal, upper lip projecting lower lip / ○ 42−52+2−3 lateral-line scales / ○ 5–10 gill rakers. Size up to 110 mm SL.
Distribution. Iran: Lake Namak basin and Nam in Hable drainage in Western Kavir basin.
Habitat. Streams, springs, and qanats with moderate to fast-flowing water and gravel and silt substrate.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. LC.
Remarks. Alburnoides coadi is a synonym. Alburnoides idignensis , A. namaki , and A. nicolausi are closely related, and future studies may not support them as independent species.
Further reading. Bogutskaya & Coad 2009 (description); Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015c (review, description of A. coadi ); Eagderi et al. 2019a (phylogeny).
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