Alburnoides smyrnae

Common name. Eastern Aegean spirlin.

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other species of Alburnoides in Mediterranean, Marmara, and Black Sea basins by: ○ ventral keel completely or almost completely covered by scales / ○ body depth at dorsal origin greater than head length / ○ 12−15½, usually 13½, branched anal rays / ○ 40−45+2−3 lateral-line scales / ○ caudal peduncle length 21–26 % SL / ○ caudal peduncle depth 11–12 % SL / ○ head width at anterior eye margin 9–10 % HL / ○ interorbital width 8–10 % SL / ○ horizontal eye diameter equal or slightly to markedly larger than interorbital distance / ○ snout short, rounded / ○ mouth terminal to almost subterminal, upper and lower lips equally projecting / ○ tip of mouth cleft situated at a horizontal line with lower margin of pupil to lower margin of eye / ○ 4 pharyngeal teeth in long row on right 5 th ceratobranchial / ○ 6−7 gill rakers. Size up to 77 mm SL.

Distribution . Türkiye: Meles (Kemer) near İzmir and Büyük Menderes drainage.

Habitat. Hill streams and small rivers with moderate to fast-flowing water and gravel substrate.

Biology. No data.

Conservation status. LC.

Remarks. Described from Meles (İzmir) but not seen in that area since. Diagnosis developed based on fish from upper Büyük Menderes is consistent with the type.

Further reading. Turan et al. 2013a (morphology, taxonomy); Turan et al. 2017b (identification); Bektaş et al. 2019 (phylogeny); Canoğlu et al. 2023 (barcoding).