Alburnus kurui ( Bogutskaya, 1995 )

Çiçek, Erdoğan, Sungur, Sevil, Fricke, Ronald & Seçer, Burak, 2023, Freshwater lampreys and fishes of Türkiye; an annotated checklist, 2023, Turkish Journal of Zoology 47 (6), pp. 324-468 : 392

Alburnus kurui ( Bogutskaya, 1995) [E] ― Yüksekova chub/Inci balığı

Taxonomy. Original description: Leuciscus kurui Bogutskaya, 1995: 150 , fig. 1 [Yüksekova suyu in Upper Tigris River (Dicle Nehri) basin, east of Hakkâri, Hakkâri Province, southeastern Türkiye; holotype: ZMH 7361]. ― Synonyms: Squalius kurui ( Bogutskaya, 1995) ; Petroleuciscus kurui ( Bogutskaya, 1995) . ― Revisions: None. ― Illustration: None.

Status in Türkiye. Recorded from Türkiye in the original description by Bogutskaya (1995). Listed in previous checklists from Türkiye by Kuru (2004) as Leuciscus kurui ; Geldiay and Balık (2007) as Leuciscus kurui ; Fricke et al. (2007) as Petroleuciscus kurui ; Kuru et al. (2014); Çiçek et al. (2015, 2018 a, 2020). ― Turkish material: ZMH.

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Türkiye: Tigris River basin. ― Distribution in river basins: 21-Fırat-Dicle. ― General distribution: Asia Minor: Yüksekova wetland, upper Tigris River basin ( Türkiye). ― Distribution in ecoregions: 442-Upper Tigris and Euphrates. ― Habitat: This species has only been recorded from an endorheic basin, a close drainage basin with no outflowing tributaries. Freshwater.

Economic importance. Locally consumed but of no commercial importance.

Conservation. Conservation status in Türkiye: Unknown. ― IUCN: DD (IUCN, 2023).― Threats: Threats to this species are unknown, but it is endemic to a little uninhabited high altitude endorheic basin where impacts from human activities are unlikely. ― Moderate sensitivity to human activities. ― Not considered a keystone species. ― Decline status: Unknown. ― Moderate priority for conservation action.