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

Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843 [N]—Shah kuli

Taxonomy. Original description: Alburnus sellal Heckel, 1843: 1082 [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) ; Alburnus capito Heckel, 1843 ; Alburnus hebes Heckel, 1843 ; Alburnus microlepis Heckel, 1843 ; Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843 ; Chalcalburnus mossulensis ( Heckel, 1843) ; Alburnus pallidus Heckel, 1843 ; Leuciscus maxillaris Valenciennes, 1844 ; Alburnus maxillaris (Valenciennes, 1844) ; Alburnus caudimacula Heckel, 1847 ; Alburnus iblis Heckel, 1847 ; Alburnus megacephalus Heckel, 1847 ; Alburnus schejtan Heckel, 1847 ; Alburnus mossulensis delineatus Battalgil, 1942 ; Alburnus zagrosensis Coad, 2009 ; Alburnus selcuklui Elp, Şen & Özuluğ, 2015 .—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.