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Cypriniformes (Carps) >
Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Alburnoides: From the city of Al Bura, where the fish was known + particle Greek, oides = similar (Ref. 45335); gmelini: Named for Samuel Georg Gotlieb Gmelin, a Russian naturalist of the German origin who in 1768-1774 traveled through the River Don area and the Caucasus region and along the western and southern Caspian Sea coasts.
Eponymy: Dr Samuel Georg Gotlieb Gmelin (1744–1774) was a member of the German family that produced several important scientists and naturalists. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; benthopelagic. Temperate
Europe: rivers in the western Caspian coast (eastern Ciscaucasia) from Sulak southward to rivers at Derbent, Russia.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.3 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 82592)
Prefers mountainous sections of rivers and streams, though also occurs in small dam lakes and canals (Ref. 82592).
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bogutskaya, N.G. and B.W. Coad, 2009. A review of vertebral and fin-ray counts in the genus Alburnoides (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) with a description of six new species. Zoosystematica Rossica 18(1):126-173. (Ref. 82592)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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