Alburnoides diclensis, Turan, Bektas, Kaya & Baycelebi, 2016

Freyhof, JÖrg, Yoğurtçuoğlu, Baran, Jouladeh-Roudbar, Arash & Kaya, Cüneyt, 2025, Handbook of Freshwater Fishes of West Asia, De Gruyter : 286-287

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111677811

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17820161

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scientific name

Alburnoides diclensis
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Alburnoides diclensis View in CoL

Common name. Great Zab spirlin.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnoides in Euphrates and Tigris drainages by: ○ horizontal eye diameter smaller than interorbital distance / ○ 7–9½, usually 8½, branched dorsal rays / ○ ventral keel completely or almost completely covered by scales / ○ snout slightly rounded /

Alburnoides diclensis ; Greater Zab, Iraq; ~ 70 mm SL.

○ mouth terminal, with pronounced chin / ○ tip of mouth cleft situated at a horizontal line with middle of eye to lower margin of pupil / ○ caudal lobes pointed / ○ 48−53+2−3 lateral-line scales / ○ 12−15½, usually 12−13½, branched anal rays / ○ 6−7 gill rakers / ○ 41−42 total vertebrae. Size up to 81 mm SL. Distribution. Türkiye and Iraq: Greater Zab drainage, a tributary of Tigris.

Alburnoides eichwaldii ; Kura drainage, Armenia; ~ 100 mm SL. © B. Lewin.

Alburnoides eichwaldii ; Aras drainage, Türkiye; ~ 90 mm SL.

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