Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Jawad, Laith, Eagderi, Soheil, Esmaeili, Hamid Reza, Mouludi-Saleh, Atta, Sungur, Sevil & Fricke, Ronald, 2023, Freshwater fishes of Iraq: a revised and updated annotated checklist- 2023, Zootaxa 5357 (1), pp. 1-49 : 21

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.1.1

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scientific name

Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843
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Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843 View in CoL [N]—Shah kuli

Taxonomy. Original description: Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843: 1082 View in CoL [92] [Kueik (Qwaiq River, Aleppo, Syria; syntypes: NMW 55664-67 (1, 2, 4, 2); RMNH 2666 (ex NMW) (2)].— Iraq synonyms: Chalcalburnus sellal ( Heckel, 1843) View in CoL ; Alburnus capito Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Alburnus hebes Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Alburnus microlepis Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Chalcalburnus mossulensis ( Heckel, 1843) View in CoL ; Alburnus pallidus Heckel, 1843 View in CoL ; Leuciscus maxillaris Valenciennes, 1844 View in CoL ; Alburnus maxillaris (Valenciennes, 1844) View in CoL ; Alburnus caudimacula Heckel, 1847 View in CoL ; Alburnus iblis Heckel, 1847 View in CoL ; Alburnus megacephalus Heckel, 1847 View in CoL ; Alburnus schejtan Heckel, 1847 View in CoL ; Alburnus mossulensis delineatus Battalgil, 1942 View in CoL ; Alburnus zagrosensis Coad, 2009 View in CoL ; Alburnus selcuklui Elp, Şen & Özuluğ, 2015 View in CoL .—Revisions: Mohammadian-Kalat et al. (2017); Birecikligil et al. (2016: 47).—Illustration: Heckel (1843: pl. 11 (fig. 1)).

Status in Iraq. First record from Iraq by Heckel (1843).—Iraq materials: None.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Iraq: Euphrates and Tigris River drainages.—General distribution: Middle East: Euphrates, Tigris, Zoreh, Persis , and Hormuz River basins ( Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran).—Habitat: This species occurs in lakes, reservoirs, and all kinds of streams and rivers, from the cold Anatolian Highlands down to the subtropical Shatt al Arab and Iranian Gulf Rivers. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed, but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation Status in Iraq: Unknown.—IUCN: LC (IUCN 2023).—Threats: There are many threats in the area, but this species is very resistant and can cope with most of them.—Low sensitivity to human activities.—Not considered a keystone species.—Decline status: Stable.—Low priority for conservation action.

Coad, B. W. (2009) A new species of tooth-carp, Aphanius mesopotamicus, from Iran and Iraq (Actinopterygii, Cyprinodontidae). ZooKeys, 31, 149 - 163. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 31.131

Heckel, J. J. (1843) Ichthyologie [von Syrien]. In: von Russegger, J., Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika, mit besonderer Rucksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhaltnisse der betreffenden Lander unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841, etc. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung. Stuttgart. Ichthyologie [von Syrien], 1 (pt 2), 991 - 1099.

Heckel, J. J. (1847) Naturhistorischer Anhang. [Various subtitles]. In: von Russegger, J., Reisen in Europa, Asien und Afrika: mit besonderer Rucksicht auf die naturwissenschaftlichen Verhaltnisse der betreffenden Lander; unternommen in den Jahren 1835 bis 1841. E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 2 (3), pp. 207 - 357.

Mohammadian-Kalat, T., Esmaeili, H. R. Aliabadian, M. & Freyhof, J. (2017) Re-description of Alburnus doriae, with comments on the taxonomic status of A. amirkabiri, A. mossulensis, A. sellal and Petroleuciscus esfahani (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Zootaxa, 4323 (4), 487 - 502. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4323.4.3

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopteri

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

SubFamily

Leuciscinae

Genus

Alburnus