Rutilus sojuchbulagi, Abdurakhmanov, 1950

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 397

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820529

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C85F87D2-FE30-FE7B-28AB-FF5EFDC2FAA7

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scientific name

Rutilus sojuchbulagi
status

 

Rutilus sojuchbulagi View in CoL

Common name. Akstafa spring roach.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Rutilus in West Asia by: ● tip of snout at or below horizontal level of lower eye margin / ○ 35–37+2–3 scales in lateral series. Size up to 70 mm SL.

Distribution. Azerbaijan: Springs in Akstafa region in middle Kura drainage.

Habitat. Springs.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. Extinct; has not been found since it was described in 1940s, despite several visits to its type locality and surrounding waters. Habitats in this area are heavily modified, and this species is unlikely to have survived.

Further reading. Abdurakhmanov 1950 (description); Kuljanishvili et al. 2020 (generic placement).

Scardinius elmaliensis ; Lake Avlan, Türkiye; 74 mm SL.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Cypriniformes

Family

Cyprinidae

Genus

Rutilus

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