Alburnus qalilus, Krupp, 1992
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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820305 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FEFA-FEB0-28AB-FAEBFDB2FDFB |
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Felipe |
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Alburnus qalilus |
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Common name. Syrian spotted bleak.
Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnus in Mediterranean basin by: ○ mottled pattern on flank, pattern fuzzy, and usually blurred in live individuals / ○ anal origin below 5 th or 6 th branched dorsal ray / ○ 3 scale rows between lateral line and anal origin / ○ ventral keel exposed for 5–10 scales in front of anus / ○ 9–12 gill rakers / ○ 9–11½ branched anal rays / ○ 45–52 total lateral line scales / ○ 3 scale rows between lateral line and anal origin / ○ last simple dorsal ray soft / ○ pelvic axillary scales present / ○ scales on back, flank, and belly well developed, overlapping. Size up to 104 mm SL.
Distribution. Syria: Nahr al Kabir (North), Nahr al Sanawbar, and Nahr al-Hawaiz.
Habitat. A wide range of streams and rivers with moderately fast-flowing water and gravel substrate. In a reservoir at Nahr al Kabir but absent from the Nahr al Sanawbar and Nahr al-Hawaiz reservoirs.
Biology. No data.
Conservation status. EN; appears to be declining within its very small range.
Remarks. Occasionally been identified as Leuciscus spurius , a name given to a hybrid between Squalius and Alburnus .
Further reading. Krupp 1992b (description); Geiger et al. 2014 (phylogeny); Freyhof & Turan 2019 (distribution).
Alburnus sellal ; upper Tigris, Türkiye; 90 mm SL.
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