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Alburnus mossulensis Heckel, 1843

Mossul bleak
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Turkey country information

Common names: Mossul bleak, Tatlı su gümüş balığı
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from the Tigris River (Ref. 39702) and the Kizilirmak river (Ref. 47976). Recorded from stream Sırlı, a tributary to River Euphrates in Erzurum province and from stream Dilli at Kemaliye in Elaziğ province (Ref. 76902). Also Ref. 106151. Status of threat: Endangered (Ref. 58342). nEurTurk.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Coad, B.W., 1995
National Database: CLOMFOT

Common names from other countries

Mosuli viidikas, Ouklejice mosulská, Shah Kuli Jonubi, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Leuciscidae (Minnows) > Leuciscinae
Etymology: Alburnus: From the city of Al Bura, where the fish was known (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Heckel.

Issue
This species is a junior synonym of A. sellal according to Mohammadian-Kalat et al., 2017 (Ref. 116542:13). This summary page will be removed.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic.   Subtropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences |
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