Leucaspius delineatus ( Heckel, 1843 )

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Leucaspius delineatus ( Heckel, 1843) – Native ( Fig. 249 )

Aspius ovsianka Czernay [A.] 1851: 281, 282 footnote; Type locality: Charkowschen, Kharkov County, Russia. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown.

Aspius owsianka Czernay [A.] 1851: 281; Type locality: Charkow (or Kharkov Province), Ukraine. No types known.

Leucaspius abruptus Heckel [J. J.] & Kner [R.] 1857: 145; Type locality: Lviv fish market, Ukraine. Syntypes: NMW 49741 (2).

Leuciscus pigmeus Platera [A. de Broel] 1861: 41; Type locality: Dwina [ Dvina, Düna ], Latvia. No types known.

Owsianka czernayi Dybowski [B. N.] 1862: 283, 284; Type locality: Dnieper, Dniestr, Don, Weichsel [Vistula] and Düna [Dvina] rivers, Poland, Ukranine, Russia and Latvia. Syntypes: whereabouts unknown.

Leucaspius relictus Warpachowski [N. A.] 1889: 60; Type locality: Lake Svetloyar, near Markaryev, Nizhegorodskaya District, Russia. Syntypes: ZIN 7956 (6+).

Leucaspius delineatus var. dimorphus Ruzsky [M. D.] 1914: 1; Type locality: Lakes in Sura River basin, Kurmyxh District, Russia. No types known.

Common name: Pr: Mahi-e noghreyi, En: Sunbleak, Belica, Moderlieschen.

Diagnosis: Lateral line incomplete with about 8–12 pored scales or sometimes absent, scaled ventral keel between pelvic origin and anus, mouth superior, A small fish with large silvery scales and an inconspicuous intense silvery band along each side. Dorsal fin smaller than anal fin.

Meristic characters: D: II–III (III) 7–10, A: III– IV (III) 9–17, P: 11–13, V: 7–8, GR: 13–14, LL: 36–53, TV: 36–37.

Distribution: Caspian Sea basin ( Fig. 250). Found in Anzali Wetland.

Taxonomy: Berg (1949) placed in Leucaspius .

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

Figures

Fig. 249. Leucaspius delineatus. Photograph from Anzali Wetland, Caspian Sea basin (Photographed by K. Abbasi).