Alburnus amirkabiri Mousavi-Sabet, Vatandoust, Khataminejad, Eagderi, Abbasi, Nasri, Jouladeh & Vasil'eva, 2015
Amirkabir's bleak
Alburnus amirkabiri
photo by Mousavi-Sabet, H.

 Family:  Cyprinidae (Minnows or carps), subfamily: Alburninae
 Max. size:  11.32 cm SL (male/unsexed); 11.72 cm SL (female)
 Environment:  pelagic
 Distribution:  Asia: Iran.
 Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 3-3; Anal spines: 3-3. This species is distinguished from the other species of bleaks and shemayas from Iran by the following set of characters: a poorly expressed fleshy ventral keel which extends up to 2-4 (usually 2) transverse scales rows counted from the anus forwards; lateral line scales 47-59; branched dorsal-fin rays 7½-8½ (usually 8½); branched anal-fin rays 10½-12½ (usually more than 10½); gill rakers 12-17 (usually 15-16); predorsal distance 50.0-54.4% SL; anal-fin base length 9.0-11.7% SL; dorsal-fin depth 16.7-20.9% SL; anal-fin depth 12.0-5.6% SL; body depth at dorsal fin origin 16.9-22.2% SL; caudal peduncle depth 8.7-10.4% SL; head depth 62.2-71.9% HL; eye diameter 27.1-30.8% HL; body with a dark lateral stripe (Ref. 106247).
 Biology: 
 IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated  (Ref. 96402)
 Threat to humans:  harmless
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 Entered by: Capuli, Estelita Emily - 04.02.16

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