Alburnoides, L.H.Jeitteles, 1861

Key to Alburnoides View in CoL View at ENA species that are known to occur or may occur in Iran

1a 15-20 total gill rakers in outer row on first gill arch. ..................................... .................................. A. taeniatus View in CoL [not recorded in Iran but may eventually reach the Caspian Sea basin and the Tedzhen (= Hari) River drainage of Iran from the Tedzhen River and Karakum Canal in Turkmenistan, see Coad (2009)]

1b 5-10 total gill rakers in outer row on first gill arch ...................................... 2

2a Snout pointed or slightly rounded; mouth terminal or upturned, tip of mouth cleft on level from slightly above middle of eye to upper margin of pupil; lower jaw slightly to moderately projecting relative to upper jaw; junction of lower jaw and quadrate on about vertical through anterior eye margin.......... ............................................................................................ A. qanati View in CoL sp. n.

2b Snout slightly to markedly rounded; mouth terminal to subterminal, tip of mouth cleft on level from middle of eye to below lower margin of eye; upper jaw slightly to moderately projecting relative to lower jaw; junction of lower jaw and quadrate on about vertical through about middle of eye ................ 3

3a 8-11½, commonly 9-10½, branched anal fin rays; 7½, rarely 8½, branched dorsal fin rays.............................................................................................. 4

3b 10-15½, commonly 11-13½, branched anal fin rays; 8½, rarely 7½, branched dorsal fin rays.............................................................................................. 5

4a Ventral keel completely scaled; 40-41 total vertebrae; 20-22, commonly 21, abdominal vertebrae................ Alburnoides View in CoL sp., Orumiyeh [Urmia] L. basin

4b Ventral keel scaleless along from 1/3 to whole keel length; 38-40, commonly 39, total vertebrae; 19-20 abdominal vertebrae ............................................. ............................................... Alburnoides View in CoL sp. 1, lower Tigris River system.

5a Ventral keel smoothed, scaled along 1/3 to whole length .............................. ............................................... Alburnoides View in CoL sp. 2, lower Tigris River system.

5b Ventral keel well pronounced, almost or completely scaleless ...................... 6

6a Lateral line in live and preserved fish delineated by dark pigment dots above and below; 13-15 predorsal vertebrae; mouth terminal, tip of mouth cleft on or slightly below middle of eye................................................. A. eichwaldii View in CoL

6b Lateral line in live and preserved fish somewhat darker than surrounding flank but no strong dark dots outline canal; 11-13 predorsal vertebrae; mouth almost subterminal, tip of mouth cleft on or below lower margin of eye ....... ................................................................ Alburnoides View in CoL sp., Namak L. basin.

Comparative Material. Alburnoides bipunctatus : SMF 20631 ( 5, Grenzfluss Luxemburg, Rhine drainage) .

Alburnoides eichwaldii (all from Eastern Transcaucasia: Kura-Aras river drainage down to Sefid Rud ): CMNFI 1979 -0695 ( 30, Sefid Rud ). – CMNFI 2007 -0090 ( 14, Zilber R. ). – NMW 55516 ( 2 syntypes, Kura R. ). – ZISP 2916 ( 7, Kura R. ). – ZISP 3860 ( 5, Lenkoran’ R. ). – ZISP 5188 ( 10, Childyr [Cildir] L. ). – ZISP 9104 ( 5, Lenkoran’ R. ). – ZISP 9131 ( 8, Lenkoran’ R. ). – ZISP 9136 ( 5, Geoktapinka R. ). – ZISP 10249 ( 5, Kura R. ). – ZISP 25704 ( 31, Gilyan-chay R. ). – ZISP 25713 ( 26, Gilyanchay R. ). – ZISP 37502 ( 10 syntypes of Alburnoides bipunctatus armeniensis, Marmarik R. ). – ZISP 37503 ( 5, Dzoraget R. ). – ZISP 37504 ( 5, Erer R. ). – ZISP 41974 ( 9, Kura R. ). – ZISP uncat. ( 30, Kura R. ). – ZMH 3007 -9 ( 4, Kura R. ). – ZMH 3586 ( 21, Childyr [Cildir] L. ). – ZMH 3587 -88 ( 5, Kura R ) .

Alburnoides fasciatus ( Western Transcaucasia and rivers of the Black Sea coast in Turkey westward to Kizilirmak): NMW 10407-19 (13 syntypes, rivers of eastern Black Sea coast). – ZISP 5296 ( 6, Rioni R. ). – ZISP 11529 ( 3, Batum ). – ZISP 14822 ( 6, Coruh R. ). – ZISP 15157 ( 4, Kintrishi R. ). – ZISP uncat. ( 35, Otap R. ). – ZISP uncat. ( 25, Kyalasur R. ). – ZMH 3585 ( 8, Kizilirmak R. ) .

Alburnoides kubanicus ( Kuban’ R. drainage): ZISP 15306 ( 8, Laba R. ). – ZISP 15307 ( 8, Kuban R. ). – ZISP uncat. ( 25, Laba R. ) .

Alburnoides oblongus : BMNH 1975.1.17:249-250 ( 2, Syr Darya ). – ZISP 30696 ( 1, Badam R. ). – ZISP 36725 ( 3, Angren R. ) .

Alburnoides ohridanus : ZMH 801 ( 3, Ohrid L. ). – ZMH 1464 ( 15, Ohrid L. ) .

Alburnoides rossicus : ZISP 2684 ( 8, Dnieper R. ). – ZISP 5172 ( 5 syntypes, Shishma R. , Kama R. system). – ZISP 10759 ( 8, Dnieper R. ). – ZISP 52813 ( 26, Vyatka R. ) .

Alburnoides taeniatus : ZISP 25575 ( 53, Syr Darya R. ) .

Alburnoides sp. ( Danube River drainage): ZISP 23862 ( 3) , 35710 ( 4) , 35711 ( 5) , 35819 ( 7) , 36852 ( 10) , 37242 ( 23, Timiş R. ) , 38329 ( 10, Argeş R. ) , ZISP uncat. ( 25, Sava R. ) .

Alburnoides sp. ( Eastern Ciscaucasia): ZISP 2879 ( 3, Sunzha R. ). – ZISP 10790 ( 6, Terek R. ). – ZISP 14733 ( 10, Sunzha R. ) .

Alburnoides sp. ( Amu Darya river drainage): ZISP 4491 ( 2, Zeravshan R. ). – ZISP 11050 -53 ( 39, Ashkhabadka R. ) .

Alburnoides sp. ( Namak L. basin ): CMNFI 1979 -0461A ( 30). – CMNFI 2007 -0121 ( 2). – CMNFI 2007 -0074 (4). – ZMH 4182 ( 7) .

Alburnoides sp. 1 ( lower Tigris River system): CMNFI 1979-0281 (42, Simareh River drainage, Lorestan) .

Alburnoides sp. 2 ( lower Tigris River system): CMNFI 2007-0075 (36, Malayer River, Hamadan), CMNFI 1979-0278 (4, Kashkan River drainage, Lorestan), CMNFI 2007-0115 (8, Qareh Su basin, Kermanshahan), CMNFI 2007-0118 (14, Bid Sorkh River , Kermanshahan) .

Alburnoides sp. ( Orumiyeh [Urmia] L. basin ): CMNFI 1970 -0558 ( 30) .