Alburnus doriae, De Filippi, 1865

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 316-317

Alburnus doriae

Common name. Persian shemaya.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnus in Persian Gulf, Qweiq, Lake Van, and Iranian endorheic basins by: ○ anal origin about 1–2 scales behind dorsal base / ○ 9–12½ branched anal rays / ○ (12) 13–17 (18) gill rakers / ○ 41–53 +3 lateral line scales / ○ usually 8½ branched dorsal rays / ○ 2–5 scale rows between lateral line and pelvic origin /

○ ventral keel between pelvic base and anus often indistinct, fully covered by scales / ○ usually a bold, dark-brown mid-lateral stripe. Size up to 134 mm SL.

Distribution. Iran: Lake Namak basin, Esfahan and Sirjan basins, and few headwater streams of upper Karun.

Habitat. A wide range of moderately fast-flowing streams and rivers with gravel substrate.

Biology. No data.

Alburnus escherichii ; lower Sakarya, Türkiye; 95 mm SL.

Conservation status. LC.

Remarks. Alburnus doriae was a forgotten species that had not been reported for 152 years since its description in 1865. Populations of this species were later described as Petroleuciscus esfahani from the Zayandeh drainage and Alburnus amirkabiri from the Lake Namak basin; both are synonyms of A. doriae .

Further reading. De Filippi 1865 (description); Coad & Bogutskaya 2010 (description as Petroleuciscus esfahani ); Mousavi-Sabet et al. 2015f (description as A. amirkabiri ); Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2016c (record in Karun); Mohammadian-Kalat et al. 2017 (description, synonyms).