Alburnus magnificus Freyhof & Turan, 2019

Baycelebi, Esra, 2020, Distribution and diversity of fish from Seyhan, Ceyhan and Orontes river systems, Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2), pp. 747-767 : 747

Alburnus magnificus Freyhof & Turan, 2019

Common names.

Afrin inci balığı * / Afrin bleak*.

Conservation.

Not Evaluated (NE).

Material examined.

FFR 00998 St. 4., - FSJF 2915 St. 5., - FFR 00990 St. 7., - FSJF 2298 St. 13., - FSJF 2412 St. 17.

Distribution in the area.

The lower part of the Orontes River drainage in Turkey; most probably it occurs also in Syria as the stream Afrin passes from Syrian territory (Feyhof and Turan 2019). Endemic to only the Orontes River.

Taxonomic notes.

Alburnus qalilus ( Krupp 1992) is distributed in the coastal streams in Syria. Birecikligil et al. (2016) reported A. qalilus from the Orontes River in Turkey. However, Freyhof and Turan (2019) revised the genus of Alburnus from the lower part of the Orontes and restricted A. qalilus to Syria.