Amirkabir's bleak
| Amirkabir's bleak | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Alburnus |
| Species: | A. amirkabiri
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| Binomial name | |
| Alburnus amirkabiri Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Khataminejad, Eagderi, Abbasi, Nasri, Jouladeh, & Vasil'eva, 2015
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Amirkabir's bleak (Alburnus amirkabiri) is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae, endemic to Iran.[1] Recent research has indicated that A. amirkabiri is probably a synonym of Alburnus doriae.[2]
Distribution
Alburnus amirkabiri is endemic to Iran where it occurs in the Namak Lake basin in Markazi Province.
Description
The maximum known size for Alburnus amirkabiri is 117mm for females.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alburnus amirkabiri". FishBase.
- ^ Tooba Mommadian-Kalat; Hamod Reza Esmaeli; Mansour Aliabadian; Jorg Freyhof (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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4323.4.3.