Alburnus selcuklui

Alburnus selcuklui Elp, Şen & Özuluğ, 2015

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Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Alburnus: From the city of Al Bura, where the fish was known (Ref. 45335); selcuklui: Named after The Great Selcuklu (Seljuk) Empire (1037-1194), originating from the branch of Oguz Turks, which controlled a vast area stretching from the Hindu Kush to eastern Anatolia and from Central Asia to the Persian Gulf.

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Freshwater; benthopelagic. Subtropical

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Asia: branch of Botan stream of the Tigris River in Turkey.

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Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 11.6 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 115533)

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Anal soft rays: 14 - 15. Alburnus selcuklui can be diagnosed from other congeners in East Anatolia by the combination of the following characters: head short; snout rounded; anal-fin origin 0-4 scales behind dorsal fin-base; 70-80 + 3-4 scales on lateral line; 10-15 gill rakers; prominent epidermal lateral stripe; lateral body without black pigmentation along and below lateral line; 8½-9 branched dorsal-fin rays; and 11-12½ branched anal-fin rays. Other diagnostic characters include the following: a very weak ventral keel exposed for 8-16 scales in front of anus; head length 21-24 % SL, 0.9-1.2 times in body depth at dorsal-fin origin; predorsal length 52-56 % SL; caudal peduncle depth 9-11 % SL, caudal peduncle length 21-24 % SL; eye diameter 23-30 % head length, 0.78-1.08 times in interorbital distance; body depth at dorsal-fin origin 20-26 % SL; faint, dark lateral stripe on body; and caudal peduncle 2.0-2.6 times longer than deep (Ref. 115533).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Found in a small branch of Botan stream from Tigris drainage characterized by stony-gravely stream bed and clean water. Flow rate in the stream is around 200-3000 liter/sc, changes with season and increases with the melt of snow in spring, but decreases in hot summer (Ref. 115533).

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Elp, M., F. Şen and M. Özuluğ, 2015. Alburnus selcuklui, a new species of cyprinid fish from East Anatolia, Turkey (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 15:181-186. (Ref. 115533)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

Not Evaluated 

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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