Alburnoides, L.H.Jeitteles, 1861

Coad, Brian & Bogutskaya, Nina, 2009, Alburnoides qanati, a new species of cyprinid fish from southern Iran (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae), ZooKeys 13 (13), pp. 67-77 : 74-76

Key to Alburnoides species that are known to occur or may occur in Iran

1a 15-20 total gill rakers in outer row on first gill arch. ..................................... .................................. A. taeniatus [not recorded in Iran but may eventually reach the Caspian Sea basin and the Tedzhen (= Hari) River drainage of Iran from the Tedzhen River and Karakum Canal in Turkmenistan, see Coad (2009)]

1b 5-10 total gill rakers in outer row on first gill arch ...................................... 2

2a Snout pointed or slightly rounded; mouth terminal or upturned, tip of mouth cleft on level from slightly above middle of eye to upper margin of pupil; lower jaw slightly to moderately projecting relative to upper jaw; junction of lower jaw and quadrate on about vertical through anterior eye margin.......... ............................................................................................ A. qanati sp. n.

2b Snout slightly to markedly rounded; mouth terminal to subterminal, tip of mouth cleft on level from middle of eye to below lower margin of eye; upper jaw slightly to moderately projecting relative to lower jaw; junction of lower jaw and quadrate on about vertical through about middle of eye ................ 3

3a 8-11½, commonly 9-10½, branched anal fin rays; 7½, rarely 8½, branched dorsal fin rays.............................................................................................. 4

3b 10-15½, commonly 11-13½, branched anal fin rays; 8½, rarely 7½, branched dorsal fin rays.............................................................................................. 5

4a Ventral keel completely scaled; 40-41 total vertebrae; 20-22, commonly 21, abdominal vertebrae................ Alburnoides sp., Orumiyeh [Urmia] L. basin

4b Ventral keel scaleless along from 1/3 to whole keel length; 38-40, commonly 39, total vertebrae; 19-20 abdominal vertebrae ............................................. ............................................... Alburnoides sp. 1, lower Tigris River system.

5a Ventral keel smoothed, scaled along 1/3 to whole length .............................. ............................................... Alburnoides sp. 2, lower Tigris River system.

5b Ventral keel well pronounced, almost or completely scaleless ...................... 6

6a Lateral line in live and preserved fish delineated by dark pigment dots above and below; 13-15 predorsal vertebrae; mouth terminal, tip of mouth cleft on or slightly below middle of eye................................................. A. eichwaldii

6b Lateral line in live and preserved fish somewhat darker than surrounding flank but no strong dark dots outline canal; 11-13 predorsal vertebrae; mouth almost subterminal, tip of mouth cleft on or below lower margin of eye ....... ................................................................ Alburnoides sp., Namak L. basin.

Comparative Material. Alburnoides bipunctatus : SMF 20631 (5, Grenzfluss Luxemburg, Rhine drainage) .

Alburnoides eichwaldii (all from Eastern Transcaucasia: Kura-Aras river drainage down to Sefid Rud ): CMNFI 1979 -0695 (30, Sefid Rud ). – CMNFI 2007 -0090 (14, Zilber R. ). – NMW 55516 (2 syntypes, Kura R. ). – ZISP 2916 (7, Kura R. ). – ZISP 3860 (5, Lenkoran’ R. ). – ZISP 5188 (10, Childyr [Cildir] L. ). – ZISP 9104 (5, Lenkoran’ R. ). – ZISP 9131 (8, Lenkoran’ R. ). – ZISP 9136 (5, Geoktapinka R. ). – ZISP 10249 (5, Kura R. ). – ZISP 25704 (31, Gilyan-chay R. ). – ZISP 25713 (26, Gilyanchay R. ). – ZISP 37502 (10 syntypes of Alburnoides bipunctatus armeniensis, Marmarik R. ). – ZISP 37503 (5, Dzoraget R. ). – ZISP 37504 (5, Erer R. ). – ZISP 41974 (9, Kura R. ). – ZISP uncat. (30, Kura R. ). – ZMH 3007 -9 (4, Kura R. ). – ZMH 3586 (21, Childyr [Cildir] L. ). – ZMH 3587 -88 (5, Kura R ) .

Alburnoides fasciatus (Western Transcaucasia and rivers of the Black Sea coast in Turkey westward to Kizilirmak): NMW 10407-19 (13 syntypes, rivers of eastern Black Sea coast). – ZISP 5296 (6, Rioni R. ). – ZISP 11529 (3, Batum ). – ZISP 14822 (6, Coruh R. ). – ZISP 15157 (4, Kintrishi R. ). – ZISP uncat. (35, Otap R. ). – ZISP uncat. (25, Kyalasur R. ). – ZMH 3585 (8, Kizilirmak R. ) .

Alburnoides kubanicus (Kuban’ R. drainage): ZISP 15306 (8, Laba R. ). – ZISP 15307 (8, Kuban R. ). – ZISP uncat. (25, Laba R. ) .

Alburnoides oblongus : BMNH 1975.1.17:249-250 (2, Syr Darya ). – ZISP 30696 (1, Badam R. ). – ZISP 36725 (3, Angren R. ) .

Alburnoides ohridanus : ZMH 801 (3, Ohrid L. ). – ZMH 1464 (15, Ohrid L. ) .

Alburnoides rossicus : ZISP 2684 (8, Dnieper R. ). – ZISP 5172 (5 syntypes, Shishma R. , Kama R. system). – ZISP 10759 (8, Dnieper R. ). – ZISP 52813 (26, Vyatka R. ) .

Alburnoides taeniatus : ZISP 25575 (53, Syr Darya R. ) .

Alburnoides sp. (Danube River drainage): ZISP 23862 (3) , 35710 (4) , 35711 (5) , 35819 (7) , 36852 (10) , 37242 (23, Timiş R. ) , 38329 (10, Argeş R. ) , ZISP uncat. (25, Sava R. ) .

Alburnoides sp. (Eastern Ciscaucasia): ZISP 2879 (3, Sunzha R. ). – ZISP 10790 (6, Terek R. ). – ZISP 14733 (10, Sunzha R. ) .

Alburnoides sp. (Amu Darya river drainage): ZISP 4491 (2, Zeravshan R. ). – ZISP 11050 -53 (39, Ashkhabadka R. ) .

Alburnoides sp. ( Namak L. basin ): CMNFI 1979 -0461A (30). – CMNFI 2007 -0121 (2). – CMNFI 2007 -0074 (4). – ZMH 4182 (7) .

Alburnoides sp. 1 (lower Tigris River system): CMNFI 1979-0281 (42, Simareh River drainage, Lorestan) .

Alburnoides sp. 2 (lower Tigris River system): CMNFI 2007-0075 (36, Malayer River, Hamadan), CMNFI 1979-0278 (4, Kashkan River drainage, Lorestan), CMNFI 2007-0115 (8, Qareh Su basin, Kermanshahan), CMNFI 2007-0118 (14, Bid Sorkh River , Kermanshahan) .

Alburnoides sp. ( Orumiyeh [Urmia] L. basin ): CMNFI 1970 -0558 (30) .