Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877

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Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler, 1877 – Native/ Translocate ( Fig. 229)

Alburnus hohenackeri Kessler [K. F.] 1877: 156; Type locality: Karabakh, Azerbaijan. Holotype (unique): ZIN 2339 [not 2839].

Alburnus charusini Herzenstein [S. M.] in Zograf & Kavraisky 1889: 50; Type locality: Maly Uzen River mouth, Lakes Kamysh- Samarskiye, Zapadno-Kazakhstanskaya Obl., Kazakhstan. Holotype (unique): ZMMU P–1314.

Alburnus lucidus var. macropterus Kamensky [S. N.] 1901: 113 [German p. 188]; Type locality: Alazan River , Georgia, Eurasia. Holotype (unique):?ZMT (not at ZIN).

Common name: Pr: Morvarid mahi, En: North Caucasian bleak.

Diagnosis: Scales and pharyngeal counts of this species similar to Alburnoides spp. , but gill raker count can be diagnostic (18–26 vs. 5–14), Alburnus gill rakers are longer than Alburnoides . In addition, scale of A. hohenackeri weakly connected to the skin and often separate easily.

Meristic characters: D: II–IV 7–9 (8), A: III– IV 12–16 (13–14), P: 12–15 (13–14), V: 7–8 (8), GR: 19–25 (21–22), LL: 40–50 (41–43), TV: 37–41 (38–39).

Distribution: Native populations of this species are found in the Caspian Sea basin. Due to the Carp introduction to other basins of Iran this species is also introduced in all basins of Iran.

Taxonomy.

Conservation: IUCN: Least Concern ( Freyhof and Kottelat 2008c).