Alburnus atropatenae
| Alburnus atropatenae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Leuciscidae |
| Subfamily: | Leuciscinae |
| Genus: | Alburnus |
| Species: | A. atropatenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Alburnus atropatenae | |
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Alburnus atropatenae, the Urmia bleak, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Leuciscidae, which includes the minnows, daces and related fishes. This species is found in the Lake Urmia drainage basin in the provinces of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan in Iran, as well as eastern Turkey.[2]
Taxonomy
Alburnus atropatenae was first formally described in 1925 by the Russian ichthyologist Lev Semyonovich Berg with its type locality given as the rivers of Lake Urmia in Iran.[2] This species is classfied as a member of the genus Alburnus, the bleaks, within the subfamily Leuciscinae of the family Leuciscidae.[3]
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Alburnus atropatenae". FishBase.
- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Alburnus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Leuciscinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 April 2025.